Quartz diorite

Igneous, plutonic rock

Quartz diorite from Dúbrava, Nízke Tatry Mountains, Slovakia

Quartz diorite is an igneous, plutonic (intrusive) rock, of felsic composition, with phaneritic texture. Feldspar is present as plagioclase (typically oligoclase or andesine) with 10% or less potassium feldspar. Quartz is present at between 5 and 20% of the rock. Biotite, amphiboles and pyroxenes are common dark accessory minerals.[1]

Quartz diorite occurs in association with other granitic rock such as granodiorite, and with volcanic rock. In western North America a "quartz diorite line" occurs; west of this line, the dominant granitic rock is quartz diorite.[2]

## References

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1. ^ Williams, Howel; Turner, Francis J; Gilbert, Charles M (1954). Petrography; an introduction to the study of rocks in thin sections, by Howel Williams, Francis J. Turner, and Charles M. Gilbert. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. OCLC 976619418.
2. ^ Moore, James G. (1959). "The Quartz Diorite Boundary Line in the Western United States". The Journal of Geology. 67 (2): 198–210. Bibcode:1959JG.....67..198M. doi:10.1086/626573. JSTOR 30063866.

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Types of rocks

Igneous rock|

* Adakite
* Andesite
* Alkali feldspar granite
* Anorthosite
* Aplite
* Basalt
* Alkali basalt
* Picrite basalt
* Basaltic trachyandesite
* Mugearite
* Shoshonite
* Basanite
* Blairmorite
* Boninite
* Carbonatite
* Charnockite
* Enderbite
* Dacite
* Diabase
* Diorite
* Napoleonite
* Dunite
* Essexite
* Foidolite
* Gabbro
* Granite
* Granodiorite
* Granophyre
* Harzburgite
* Hornblendite
* Hyaloclastite
* Icelandite
* Ignimbrite
* Ijolite
* Kimberlite
* Komatiite
* Lamproite
* Lamprophyre
* Latite
* Lherzolite
* Monzogranite
* Monzonite
* Nepheline syenite
* Nephelinite
* Norite
* Obsidian
* Pegmatite
* Peridotite
* Phonolite
* Phonotephrite
* Porphyry
* Pumice
* Pyroxenite
* Quartz diorite
* Quartz monzonite
* Quartzolite
* Rhyodacite
* Rhyolite
* Comendite
* Pantellerite
* Scoria
* Shonkinite
* Sovite
* Syenite
* Tachylyte
* Tephriphonolite
* Tephrite
* Tonalite
* Trachyandesite
* Benmoreite
* Trachybasalt
* Hawaiite
* Trachyte
* Troctolite
* Trondhjemite
* Tuff
* Websterite
* Wehrlite

Sedimentary rock|

* Argillite
* Arkose
* Banded iron formation
* Breccia
* Calcarenite
* Chalk
* Chert
* Claystone
* Coal
* Conglomerate
* Coquina
* Diamictite
* Diatomite
* Dolomite
* Evaporite
* Flint
* Geyserite
* Greywacke
* Gritstone
* Itacolumite
* Jaspillite
* Laterite
* Lignite
* Limestone
* Lumachelle
* Marl
* Mudstone
* Oil shale
* Oolite
* Phosphorite
* Sandstone
* Shale
* Siltstone
* Sylvinite
* Tillite
* Travertine
* Tufa
* Turbidite
* Varve
* Wackestone

Metamorphic rock|

* Anthracite
* Amphibolite
* Blueschist
* Cataclasite
* Eclogite
* Gneiss
* Granulite
* Greenschist
* Hornfels
* Calcflinta
* Itabirite
* Litchfieldite
* Marble
* Migmatite
* Mylonite
* Metapelite
* Metapsammite
* Phyllite
* Pseudotachylite
* Quartzite
* Schist
* Serpentinite
* Skarn
* Slate
* Suevite
* Talc carbonate
* Soapstone
* Tectonite
* Whiteschist

Specific varieties|

* Adamellite
* Appinite
* Aphanite
* Borolanite
* Blue Granite
* Epidosite
* Felsite
* Flint
* Ganister
* Gossan
* Hyaloclastite
* Ijolite
* Jadeitite
* Jasperoid
* Kenyte
* Lapis lazuli
* Larvikite
* Litchfieldite
* Llanite
* Luxullianite
* Mangerite
* Novaculite
* Pietersite
* Pyrolite
* Rapakivi granite
* Rhomb porphyry
* Rodingite
* Shonkinite
* Taconite
* Tachylite
* Teschenite
* Theralite
* Unakite
* Variolite
* Wad

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