epidiorite

[ep-i-dahy-uh-rahyt]

noun

Petrography.

1. a schistose metamorphic rock resulting from the alteration of augite to hornblende in a gabbro or dolerite.

Word History and Origins

Origin of epidiorite¹

First recorded in 1885–90; epi- + diorite

Example Sentences

EPIDIORITE, in petrology, a typical member of a family of rocks consisting essentially of hornblende and felspar, often with epidote, garnet, sphene, biotite, or quartz, and having usually a foliated structure.

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Some have been epidotic grits and sandstones; others are limestones which have undergone contact-alteration; probably the majority, however, are allied to epidiorite and amphibolite, and are local modifications of rocks which were primarily basic intrusions or lavas.

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The third group of epidosites may form bands, veins, or irregular streaks and nodules in masses of epidiorite and hornblende-schist.

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The metamorphic rocks are associated with bands of epidiorite which have shared in the folding and metamorphism of the region.

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The older acid rocks are represented by the sills of granite and augen-gneiss occurring west of Portsoy, south of Fordyce and near Keith, while the older basic rocks are illustrated by the belt of gabbro, epidiorite and hornblende-schist which stretches southwards from the coast at Portsoy, by Rothiemay to Huntly in Aberdeenshire.

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