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mon·zo·nite

 (mŏn-zō′nīt′, mŏn′zə-nīt′)
n.
An igneous rock composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar and orthoclase, with small amounts of other minerals.

[French, after Mount Monzoni in northeast Italy.]

mon′zo·nit′ic (mŏn′zə-nĭt′ĭk) adj.
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monzonite

(ˈmɒnzəˌnaɪt)
n
(Geological Science) a coarse-grained plutonic igneous rock consisting of equal amounts of plagioclase and orthoclase feldspar, with ferromagnesian minerals
[C19: from German, named after Monzoni, Tyrolean mountain where it was found]
monzonitic adj
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Mineralogy: Silica-adularia-calcite, carbonate, K-feldspar, pyrite, roscoelite, tellurides, with significant anomalies chalcopyrite, galena and sphalerite, primarily hosted in a monzonitic intrusive
and Xiang, P.: 2017, Analysis on acoustic emission characteristics of monzonitic granite during triaxial loading-unloading process.
Out of all simulated rock types, the Taadikvere post-orogenic quartz monzonitic intrusion is petrophysically the one that shows the greatest similarities to the Luusika body (Figs 1 and 4).
Caption: Figure 2: Geological map of the study area ([5] E: 1/1000000): 1, anatexite granite; 2, schist; 3, mica schist; 4, syenite; 5, tray basalt; 6, syn-tectonic granite (Monzonitic, discordant with biotite); 7, anatexite or migmatite with biotite); 8, embrechite gneiss; 9, Upper gneiss (grenatifere with two micas); 10, quartzite (Lom group, Mbalmayo-Bengbis, and Ayos); 11, Sedimentary formation of cretaceous; 12, upper mica schist with chlorite (Poli group); 13, low gneiss (with biotite, amphibole, pyroxene, sillimanite and hypersthene); 14, amphibolite (para- and ortho-: greenstones); 15, pelites; 16, post-tectonic granite (microgranite); 17, calcoalkaline orthogneiss.
The intrusions in the studying area mainly include the Linglong biotite adamellite, Guojialing granodiorite, and Luanjiahe monzonitic granite.
Lopez-Moro, F.J., Lopez-Plaza, M., (2004): Monzonitic series from the Variscan Tormes Dome (Central Iberian Zone): petrogenetic evolution from monzogabbro to granite magmas.
Eocene granitic, monzonitic, and monzogabbroic intrusions are common in the Ahar-Meshkin Shahr magmatic belt.
The Corralitos area is underlain by hydrothermally-altered, coarse-grained granodioritic to monzonitic intrusions and adjacent volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks of probable Cretaceous age.
Although the mass is considered an entity, it is composed of different materials, ranging from dioritic to monzonitic quartz.
The intrusions of the region are not homogenous; gabbro-diorite, quartz diorite, granodiorite, monzonitic granite, miarolitic alkalifeldspar granite and alkali-feldspar granite porphyry have all been identified.