What's the difference between diorite and plagioclase?
Diorite
Definition:
(n.) An igneous, crystalline in structure, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and hornblende. It includes part of what was called greenstone.
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Plagioclase
Definition:
(n.) A general term used of any triclinic feldspar. See the Note under Feldspar.
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(1) Quantitative analysis by IR, XRD, and visible spectrophotometry requires a preliminary phosphoric acid digestion of the ash sample to remove the plagioclase silicate material which interferes with the determination by these methods.