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- noun any form of diorite containing appreciable amounts of quartz
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Gabbro appears on the shore north of Lendalfoot, while on the Byne and Grey Hills south of Girvan there are patches of granite and quartz-diorite which seem to pass into more basic varieties.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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The leached capping of the first RC hole extended, as expected, to a depth of 126 meters, followed by chalcocite-enriched altered volcanic units intruded by several generations of diorite, quartz-diorite and microdiorite intrusive bodies.
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The new claims were acquired in order to cover the strike extension of the Flambeau Deposit, a gold-in-quartz-carbonate vein stockwork hosted by a syn-volcanic, quartz-diorite sill located on the west end of the Van Horne Property.
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