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  2. Diorite - Wikipedia

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    Diorite was also used for stone vases by Bronze Age craftspeople, who developed considerable skill at polishing diorite and other stones. [38] The Egyptians had become skilled at shaping diorite and other hard stones by 4000 BCE. [39] A large diorite stela in the Louvre Museum dating to 1700 BCE is inscribed with the Code of Hammurabi. [40]

  3. Golem - Wikipedia

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    Games in the Minecraft franchise contain many different types of golems. In the main game, there are iron and snow golems. [75] [76] In Minecraft Dungeons, there is the Redstone Golem. In Minecraft Legends, there are Cobblestone Golems, Plank Golems, Mossy Golems, and Grindstone Golems. [77] Golem is the name of a Pokémon whose body is made of ...

  4. Diabase - Wikipedia

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    Diabase (/ ˈ d aɪ. ə ˌ b eɪ s /), also called dolerite (/ ˈ d ɒ l. ə ˌ r aɪ t /) or microgabbro, [1] is a mafic, holocrystalline, subvolcanic rock equivalent to volcanic basalt or plutonic gabbro.

  5. Monzodiorite - Wikipedia

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    Monzodiorite is an intrusive rock with a composition intermediate between diorite and monzonite. It is defined in the QAPF classification as coarse-grained igneous rock in which quartz makes up 0% to 5% of the QAPF mineral fraction, plagioclase makes up 65% to 90% of the total feldspar content, and the plagioclase is sodium-rich (%An < 50). [1 ...

  6. Granodiorite - Wikipedia

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    The name comes from two related rocks to which granodiorite is an intermediate: granite and diorite. The gran- root comes from the Latin grānum for " grain ", an English language derivative. Diorite is named after the contrasting colors of the rock.

  7. Gudea - Wikipedia

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    Gudea (Sumerian: 𒅗𒌤𒀀, Gu 3-de 2-a) was a Sumerian ruler of the state of Lagash in Southern Mesopotamia, who ruled c. 2080 –2060 BC (short chronology) or 2144–2124 BC (middle chronology).

  8. Nepheline-bearing diorite - Wikipedia

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    Nepheline-bearing diorite is an intrusive rock with a composition intermediate between diorite and nepheline diorite.It is defined in the QAPF classification as coarse-grained igneous rock in which feldspathoids makes up 0% to 10% of the QAPF mineral fraction and are predominantly nepheline; plagioclase makes up 90% or more of the total feldspar content; and the plagioclase is sodium-rich (%An ...

  9. Lamprophyre - Wikipedia

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    Minette (a type of lamprophyre), from Jáchymov in the Czech Republic. Lamprophyres (from Ancient Greek λαμπρός (lamprós) 'bright' and φύρω (phúrō) 'to mix') are uncommon, small-volume ultrapotassic igneous rocks primarily occurring as dikes, lopoliths, laccoliths, stocks, and small intrusions.