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Monzonite is an
igneous intrusive rock,
formed by slow
cooling of
underground magma that has a
moderate silica content and is
enriched in
alkali metal...
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Quartz monzonite is an intrusive, felsic,
igneous rock that has an
approximately equal proportion of
orthoclase and
plagioclase feldspars. It is typically...
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Milton Monzonite is a
laccolith in the
Sydney Basin in
eastern Australia.
Formed in the
early Tri****ic from an
igneous intrusion,
dated from 245 to 220...
- down to a co**** soil. The
inner felsic core is a
medium grained quartz monzonite that
gradually grades into
granite at the center. The
transitional unit...
- plagioclase-rich
tonalites to alkali-rich
syenites and from quartz-poor
monzonites to quartz-rich quartzolites. As only two of the
three defining mineral...
- Half Dome is a
quartz monzonite batholith at the
eastern end of
Yosemite Valley in
Yosemite National Park, California. It is a well-known rock formation...
- with >5%
modal quartz Quartz monzonite – Type of
igneous rock – An
intermediate plutonic rock,
essentially a
monzonite with 5–10%
modal quartz Quartzolite –...
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Stone Mountain is a
quartz monzonite dome
monadnock and the site of
Stone Mountain Park, 15
miles (24 km) east of Atlanta, Georgia.
Outside the park is...
- feldspar.
Granitic rocks poorer in
quartz are
classified as
syenites or
monzonites,
while granitic rocks dominated by
plagioclase are
classified as granodiorites...
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mostly of
felsic or
intermediate rock types, such as granite,
quartz monzonite, or
diorite (see also
granite dome).
Although they may
appear uniform...
