Diorite-C

Diorite an Igneous Rock.

By Diana Hernandez & Chandy Klonglan

Rock type: Extrusive

Grain Size:Medium Sized grain size

Colors:Black and White colors

Other rock materials found: Some of the other rocks found in diorite are, hornblende, biotite, quartz, and orthocase.

Formation: This igneous rock is formed deep down the earths crust from cooling magma

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This is a geologist mining for igneous rocks, like Diorite and Gabbro in North Carolina.

 Used For: Structural stones and pavement cobblestones.

 Where it Forms: It forms deep in the earths crust.







 Links used!:  http://www.minsocam.org/msa/collectors_corner/id/rock_key.htm

 http://www.b2bchinastone.com/products-90 /diorite.html

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diorite

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Picture links!: <span style="background-color: #f93675; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> http://www4.uwm.edu/course/422-100/Mineral_Rocks/diorite_data.html

<span style="background-color: #f93675; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> http://geology.com/rocks/diorite.shtml

<span style="background-color: #f93675; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">http://www.answersincreation.org/curriculum/geology/geology_chapter_5.htm

<span style="background-color: #f93675; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> http://www.pitt.edu/~cejones/GeoImages/2IgneousRocks/IgneousCompositions/4Diorite.html

<span style="background-color: #f93675; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">http://www.bgsd.k12.wa.us/hml/jr_cam/science/rocks/igneous.htm