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href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diorit" title="Diorit – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Diorit" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%8B%D1%8F%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%82" title="Дыярыт – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Дыярыт" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diorita" title="Diorita – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Diorita" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diorit" title="Diorit – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Diorit" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diorit" title="Diorit – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Diorit" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diorit" title="Diorit – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Diorit" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioriit" title="Dioriit – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Dioriit" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diorita" title="Diorita – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Diorita" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diorito" title="Diorito – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Diorito" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diorita" title="Diorita – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Diorita" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA" title="دیوریت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دیوریت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diorite" title="Diorite – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Diorite" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Di%C3%B3ir%C3%ADt" title="Dióirít – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Dióirít" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diorita" title="Diorita – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Diorita" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%84%AC%EB%A1%9D%EC%95%94" title="섬록암 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="섬록암" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B4%D5%AB%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%BF" title="Դիորիտ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Դիորիտ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%9F" title="डायोराइट – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="डायोराइट" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diorit" title="Diorit – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Diorit" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diorito" title="Diorito – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Diorito" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diorit" title="Diorit – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Diorit" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%AD%C3%B3r%C3%ADt" title="Díórít – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Díórít" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diorite" title="Diorite – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Diorite" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%98" title="דיוריט – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="דיוריט" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="დიორიტი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="დიორიტი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Диорит – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Диорит" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Диорит – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Диорит" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioritas" title="Dioritas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Dioritas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diorit" title="Diorit – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Diorit" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Диорит – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Диорит" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%88%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D" title="ഡയറൈറ്റ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഡയറൈറ്റ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diorit" title="Diorit – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Diorit" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioriet" title="Dioriet – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Dioriet" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%96%83%E7%B7%91%E5%B2%A9" title="閃緑岩 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="閃緑岩" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioritt" title="Dioritt – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Dioritt" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioritt" title="Dioritt – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Dioritt" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diorit" title="Diorit – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Diorit" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioriet" title="Dioriet – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="Dioriet" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diorit" title="Diorit – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Diorit" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioryt" title="Dioryt – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Dioryt" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diorito" title="Diorito – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Diorito" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diorit" title="Diorit – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Diorit" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Диорит – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Диорит" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diorite" title="Diorite – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Diorite" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diorit" title="Diorit – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Diorit" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diorit" title="Diorit – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Diorit" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Диорит – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Диорит" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diorit" title="Diorit – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Diorit" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioriitti" title="Dioriitti – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Dioriitti" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diorit" title="Diorit – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Diorit" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diyorit" title="Diyorit – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Diyorit" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%96%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Діорит – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Діорит" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diorit" title="Diorit – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Diorit" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" 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For the nuclear research reactor in Switzerland, see <a href="/wiki/DIORIT" title="DIORIT">DIORIT</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Diorite2.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Diorite2.tif/lossy-page1-220px-Diorite2.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Diorite2.tif/lossy-page1-330px-Diorite2.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Diorite2.tif/lossy-page1-440px-Diorite2.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2625" data-file-height="1875" /></a><figcaption>Diorite</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Diorite_orbiculaire-5729~2016_11_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Diorite_orbiculaire-5729~2016_11_03.jpg/250px-Diorite_orbiculaire-5729~2016_11_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Diorite_orbiculaire-5729~2016_11_03.jpg/330px-Diorite_orbiculaire-5729~2016_11_03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Diorite_orbiculaire-5729~2016_11_03.jpg/500px-Diorite_orbiculaire-5729~2016_11_03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4820" data-file-height="3213" /></a><figcaption>Orbicular diorite from Corsica (<a href="/wiki/Corsite" class="mw-redirect" title="Corsite">corsite</a>)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dioritoid_qapf.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Dioritoid_qapf.png/370px-Dioritoid_qapf.png" decoding="async" width="370" height="389" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Dioritoid_qapf.png/555px-Dioritoid_qapf.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Dioritoid_qapf.png 2x" data-file-width="570" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/QAPF_diagram" title="QAPF diagram">QAPF diagram</a> with dioritoid fields highlighted in yellow and diorite in red</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mineralogy_igneous_rocks_EN.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Mineralogy_igneous_rocks_EN.svg/330px-Mineralogy_igneous_rocks_EN.svg.png" decoding="async" width="310" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Mineralogy_igneous_rocks_EN.svg/500px-Mineralogy_igneous_rocks_EN.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Mineralogy_igneous_rocks_EN.svg/620px-Mineralogy_igneous_rocks_EN.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="744" data-file-height="540" /></a><figcaption>Mineral assemblage of igneous rocks</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Diorite</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span><span title="/./: syllable break">.</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">DY</span>-ə-ryte</i></a>)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an <a href="/wiki/Intrusive_rock" title="Intrusive rock">intrusive</a> <a href="/wiki/Igneous_rock" title="Igneous rock">igneous rock</a> formed by the slow cooling underground of <a href="/wiki/Magma" title="Magma">magma</a> (molten rock) that has a moderate content of <a href="/wiki/Silica" class="mw-redirect" title="Silica">silica</a> and a relatively low content of <a href="/wiki/Alkali_metal" title="Alkali metal">alkali metals</a>. It is <a href="/wiki/Intermediate_composition" title="Intermediate composition">intermediate</a> in composition between low-silica (<a href="/wiki/Mafic" title="Mafic">mafic</a>) <a href="/wiki/Gabbro" title="Gabbro">gabbro</a> and high-silica (<a href="/wiki/Felsic" title="Felsic">felsic</a>) <a href="/wiki/Granite" title="Granite">granite</a>. </p><p>Diorite is found in mountain-building belts (<i><a href="/wiki/Orogen" class="mw-redirect" title="Orogen">orogens</a></i>) on the margins of continents. It has the same composition as the fine-grained volcanic rock, <a href="/wiki/Andesite" title="Andesite">andesite</a>, which is also common in orogens. </p><p>Diorite has been used since prehistoric times as decorative stone. It was used by the <a href="/wiki/Akkadian_Empire" title="Akkadian Empire">Akkadian Empire</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sargon_of_Akkad" title="Sargon of Akkad">Sargon of Akkad</a> for funerary sculptures, and by many later civilizations for sculptures and building stone. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diorite&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Diorite is an <a href="/wiki/Intrusive_rock" title="Intrusive rock">intrusive</a> <a href="/wiki/Igneous_rock" title="Igneous rock">igneous rock</a> composed principally of the <a href="/wiki/Silicate_mineral" title="Silicate mineral">silicate minerals</a> <a href="/wiki/Plagioclase" title="Plagioclase">plagioclase</a> <a href="/wiki/Feldspar" title="Feldspar">feldspar</a> (typically <a href="/wiki/Andesine" title="Andesine">andesine</a>), <a href="/wiki/Biotite" title="Biotite">biotite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hornblende" title="Hornblende">hornblende</a>, and sometimes <a href="/wiki/Pyroxene" title="Pyroxene">pyroxene</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Chemical_composition" title="Chemical composition">chemical composition</a> of diorite is <a href="/wiki/Intermediate_composition" title="Intermediate composition">intermediate</a>, between that of <a href="/wiki/Mafic" title="Mafic">mafic</a> <a href="/wiki/Gabbro" title="Gabbro">gabbro</a> and <a href="/wiki/Felsic" title="Felsic">felsic</a> <a href="/wiki/Granite" title="Granite">granite</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BlattTracy1996_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BlattTracy1996-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Jackson1997_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jackson1997-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is distinguished from gabbro on the basis of the composition of the plagioclase species; the plagioclase in diorite is richer in <a href="/wiki/Sodium" title="Sodium">sodium</a> and poorer in <a href="/wiki/Calcium" title="Calcium">calcium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-lebas-streckeisen-1991_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lebas-streckeisen-1991-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bgs_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bgs-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PhilpottsAgue2009_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PhilpottsAgue2009-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><span class="anchor" id="Dioritoid"></span> Geologists use rigorous quantitative definitions to classify coarse-grained igneous rocks, based on the mineral content of the rock. For igneous rocks composed mostly of silicate minerals, and in which at least 10% of the mineral content consists of <a href="/wiki/Quartz" title="Quartz">quartz</a>, feldspar, or <a href="/wiki/Feldspathoid" title="Feldspathoid">feldspathoid</a> minerals, classification begins with the <a href="/wiki/QAPF_diagram" title="QAPF diagram">QAPF diagram</a>. The relative abundances of quartz (Q), <a href="/wiki/Alkali_feldspar" class="mw-redirect" title="Alkali feldspar">alkali feldspar</a> (A), plagioclase (P), and feldspathoid (F), are used to plot the position of the rock on the diagram.<sup id="cite_ref-lebas-streckeisen-1991_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lebas-streckeisen-1991-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bgs_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bgs-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PhilpottsAgue2009_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PhilpottsAgue2009-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rock will be classified as either a <b>dioritoid</b> or a <a href="/wiki/Gabbroid" class="mw-redirect" title="Gabbroid">gabbroid</a> if quartz makes up less than 20% of the QAPF content, feldspathoid makes up less than 10% of the QAPF content, and plagioclase makes up more than 65% of the total feldspar content. Dioritoids are distinguished from gabbroids by an <a href="/wiki/Anorthite" title="Anorthite">anorthite</a> (calcium plagioclase) fraction of their total plagioclase of less than 50%.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson1997"dioritoid"_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson1997"dioritoid"-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The composition of the plagioclase cannot easily be determined <a href="/wiki/Field_work" class="mw-redirect" title="Field work">in the field</a>, and then a preliminary distinction is made between dioritoid and gabbroid based on the content of mafic minerals. A dioritoid typically has less than 35% mafic minerals, typically including hornblende, while a gabbroid typically has over 35% mafic minerals, mostly pyroxenes or olivine.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlattTracy199671_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBlattTracy199671-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name <i>diorite</i> (from <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek" title="Ancient Greek">Ancient Greek</a> <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc" style="font-style: normal;">διορίζειν</span></span>, "to distinguish") was first applied to the rock by <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Just_Ha%C3%BCy" title="René Just Haüy">René Just Haüy</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on account of its characteristic, easily identifiable large crystals of hornblende.<sup id="cite_ref-Jackson1997_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jackson1997-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dioritoids form a family of rock types similar to diorite, such as <a href="/wiki/Monzodiorite" title="Monzodiorite">monzodiorite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quartz_diorite" title="Quartz diorite">quartz diorite</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Nepheline-bearing_diorite" title="Nepheline-bearing diorite">nepheline-bearing diorite</a>. Diorite itself is more narrowly defined, as a dioritoid in which quartz makes up less than 5% of the QAPF content, feldspathoids are not present, and plagioclase makes up more than 90% of the feldspar content.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson1997"gabbro"_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson1997"gabbro"-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-lebas-streckeisen-1991_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lebas-streckeisen-1991-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bgs_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bgs-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Diorite may contain small amounts of quartz, <a href="/wiki/Microcline" title="Microcline">microcline</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Olivine" title="Olivine">olivine</a>. <a href="/wiki/Zircon" title="Zircon">Zircon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Apatite" title="Apatite">apatite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Titanite" title="Titanite">titanite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magnetite" title="Magnetite">magnetite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ilmenite" title="Ilmenite">ilmenite</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sulfide_mineral" title="Sulfide mineral">sulfides</a> occur as accessory minerals.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlattTracy199653_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBlattTracy199653-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Varieties deficient in hornblende and other dark minerals are called <i>leucodiorite</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-bgs_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bgs-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <i>ferrodiorite</i> is a dioritoid enriched in <a href="/wiki/Iron" title="Iron">iron</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson1997ferrodiorite_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson1997ferrodiorite-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Titanium" title="Titanium">titanium</a>. Ferrodiorites are common in the <a href="/wiki/Lower_oceanic_crust" title="Lower oceanic crust">lower oceanic crust</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Coarse-grained (<a href="/wiki/Phanerite" title="Phanerite">phaneritic</a>) dioritoids are produced by slow crystallization of <a href="/wiki/Magma" title="Magma">magma</a> having the same composition as the <a href="/wiki/Lava" title="Lava">lava</a> that solidifies rapidly to form fine-grained (<a href="/wiki/Aphanitic" class="mw-redirect" title="Aphanitic">aphanitic</a>) <a href="/wiki/Andesite" title="Andesite">andesite</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-lebas-streckeisen-1991_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lebas-streckeisen-1991-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bgs_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bgs-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rock of similar composition to diorite or andesite but with an intermediate texture is sometimes called <i>microdiorite</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Allaby2013_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allaby2013-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Diorite is occasionally <a href="/wiki/Porphyritic" title="Porphyritic">porphyritic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It usually contains enough mafic minerals to be dark in appearance.<sup id="cite_ref-KleinHurlbut1993_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KleinHurlbut1993-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Orbicular diorite</i> shows alternating concentric growth bands of plagioclase and <a href="/wiki/Amphibole" title="Amphibole">amphibole</a> surrounding a nucleus, within a diorite <a href="/wiki/Porphyry_(geology)" title="Porphyry (geology)">porphyry</a> <a href="/wiki/Matrix_(geology)" title="Matrix (geology)">matrix</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Occurrence">Occurrence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diorite&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Occurrence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Horndio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Horndio.jpg/220px-Horndio.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Horndio.jpg/330px-Horndio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Horndio.jpg/440px-Horndio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Hornblende diorite from the Henry Mountains, Utah, US</figcaption></figure> <p>Diorite results from the <a href="/wiki/Partial_melting" title="Partial melting">partial melting</a> of a mafic rock above a <a href="/wiki/Subduction_zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Subduction zone">subduction zone</a>. It is found in <a href="/wiki/Volcanic_arc" title="Volcanic arc">volcanic arcs</a>, and in cordilleran <a href="/wiki/Orogeny" title="Orogeny">mountain building</a>, such as in the <a href="/wiki/Andes_Mountains" class="mw-redirect" title="Andes Mountains">Andes Mountains</a>. However, while its <a href="/wiki/Extrusive_rock" title="Extrusive rock">extrusive</a> <a href="/wiki/Volcanic" class="mw-redirect" title="Volcanic">volcanic</a> equivalent, andesite, is common in these settings, diorite is a minor component of the plutonic rocks, which are mostly <a href="/wiki/Granodiorite" title="Granodiorite">granodiorite</a> or granite.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPhilpottsAgue2009378_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPhilpottsAgue2009378-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Diorite also makes up some <a href="/wiki/Stock_(geology)" title="Stock (geology)">stocks</a> intruded beneath large <a href="/wiki/Caldera" title="Caldera">calderas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPhilpottsAgue200999_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPhilpottsAgue200999-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Diorite source localities include <a href="/wiki/Leicestershire" title="Leicestershire">Leicestershire</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Aberdeenshire" title="Aberdeenshire">Aberdeenshire</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/UK" class="mw-redirect" title="UK">UK</a>; <a href="/wiki/Thuringia" title="Thuringia">Thuringia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saxony" title="Saxony">Saxony</a> in Germany;<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Finland;<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Romania;<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> central Sweden;<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> southern <a href="/wiki/Vancouver_Island" title="Vancouver Island">Vancouver Island</a> around <a href="/wiki/Victoria,_British_Columbia" title="Victoria, British Columbia">Victoria</a>, Canada;<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Darran_Range" class="mw-redirect" title="Darran Range">Darran Range</a> of New Zealand;<sup id="cite_ref-DarransNZ_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DarransNZ-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Andes Mountains;<sup id="cite_ref-Andes1991_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Andes1991-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Concordia,_Northern_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Concordia, Northern Cape">Concordia</a> in South Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hornblende diorite is a common rock type in the <a href="/wiki/Henry_Mountains" title="Henry Mountains">Henry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abajo_Mountains" title="Abajo Mountains">Abajo</a>, and <a href="/wiki/La_Sal_Mountains" title="La Sal Mountains">La Sal Mountains</a> of <a href="/wiki/Utah" title="Utah">Utah</a>, US, where it was emplaced as <a href="/wiki/Laccolith" title="Laccolith">laccoliths</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An <a href="/wiki/Orbicular_granite" title="Orbicular granite">orbicular</a> variety found in <a href="/wiki/Corsica" title="Corsica">Corsica</a> was formerly called <i><a href="/wiki/Napoleonite" title="Napoleonite">corsite</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson1997corsite_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson1997corsite-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An obsolete name for microdiorite, <i>markfieldite</i>, was given by Frederick Henry Hatch in 1909 to exposures near the village of <a href="/wiki/Markfield" title="Markfield">Markfield</a>, England.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson1997markfieldite_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson1997markfieldite-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Esterellite" title="Esterellite">Esterellite</a> is a local name for microdiorite given by <a href="/wiki/Auguste_Michel-L%C3%A9vy" title="Auguste Michel-Lévy">Auguste Michel-Lévy</a> to exposures in the Esterel Massif in France.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Use">Use</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Diorite&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Human use of diorite dates at least to the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Neolithic" class="mw-redirect" title="Middle Neolithic">Middle Neolithic</a>, when it was used in a <a href="/wiki/Passage_grave" title="Passage grave">passage grave</a> at Le Dolmen du Mont Ubé, <a href="/wiki/Jersey" title="Jersey">Jersey</a>. The use of stone of contrasting colour suggests that diorite was deliberately selected for its appearance.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first great <a href="/wiki/Mesopotamia" title="Mesopotamia">Mesopotamian</a> empire, the <a href="/wiki/Akkadian_Empire" title="Akkadian Empire">Akkadian Empire</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sargon_of_Akkad" title="Sargon of Akkad">Sargon of Akkad</a>, began using diorite for sculpture after sources of the rock came under Akkadian control. Diorite was used to depict rulers or high officials in ceremonial poses or attitudes of prayer, and the sculptures may have been designed to receive funerary offerings.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Diorite was also used for stone vases by <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age" title="Bronze Age">Bronze Age</a> craftspeople, who developed considerable skill at polishing diorite and other stones.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Egyptians had become skilled at shaping diorite and other hard stones by 4000 BCE.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A large diorite <a href="/wiki/Stela" class="mw-redirect" title="Stela">stela</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Louvre_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Louvre Museum">Louvre Museum</a> dating to 1700 BCE is inscribed with the <a href="/wiki/Code_of_Hammurabi" title="Code of Hammurabi">Code of Hammurabi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Diorite was used by the <a href="/wiki/Inca" class="mw-redirect" title="Inca">Inca</a><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> civilization as structural stone. It was used by medieval Islamic builders to construct water fountains in the <a href="/wiki/Crimea" title="Crimea">Crimea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In later times, diorite was commonly used as <a href="/wiki/Cobblestone" title="Cobblestone">cobblestone</a>; today many diorite cobblestone streets can be found in England and Guernsey.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Guernsey diorite was used in the steps of <a href="/wiki/St._Paul%27s_Cathedral" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Paul's Cathedral">St Paul's Cathedral</a>, London.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Today, diorite is uncommon in construction, although it shares similar physical properties with granite. Diorite is often sold commercially as "black granite".<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Diorite's modern uses include <a href="/wiki/Construction_aggregate" title="Construction aggregate">construction aggregate</a>, curbing, usage as <a href="/wiki/Dimension_stone" title="Dimension stone">dimension stones</a>, cobblestone, and facing stones. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jar_with_Lug_Handles_LACMA_M.71.73.54.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Naqada II jar with lug handles; c.  3500–3050 BC; height: 13 cm (5 in); Los Angeles County Museum of Art (US)"><img alt="Naqada II jar with lug handles; c.  3500–3050 BC; height: 13 cm (5 in); Los Angeles County Museum of Art (US)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jar_with_Lug_Handles_LACMA_M.71.73.54.jpg/142px-Jar_with_Lug_Handles_LACMA_M.71.73.54.jpg" decoding="async" width="142" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jar_with_Lug_Handles_LACMA_M.71.73.54.jpg/213px-Jar_with_Lug_Handles_LACMA_M.71.73.54.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jar_with_Lug_Handles_LACMA_M.71.73.54.jpg/284px-Jar_with_Lug_Handles_LACMA_M.71.73.54.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1757" data-file-height="2100" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Naqada_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Naqada II">Naqada II</a> jar with lug handles; <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;">  3500–3050 BC</span>; height: 13 cm (5 in); <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_County_Museum_of_Art" title="Los Angeles County Museum of Art">Los Angeles County Museum of Art</a> (US)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gudea_of_Lagash_Girsu.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Statue of Gudea I, dedicated to the god Ningishzida; 2120 BC (the Neo-Sumerian period); height: 46 cm (20 in), width: 33 cm (10 in), depth: 22.5 cm (8.9 in); Louvre"><img alt="Statue of Gudea I, dedicated to the god Ningishzida; 2120 BC (the Neo-Sumerian period); height: 46 cm (20 in), width: 33 cm (10 in), depth: 22.5 cm (8.9 in); Louvre" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Gudea_of_Lagash_Girsu.jpg/113px-Gudea_of_Lagash_Girsu.jpg" decoding="async" width="113" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Gudea_of_Lagash_Girsu.jpg/170px-Gudea_of_Lagash_Girsu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Gudea_of_Lagash_Girsu.jpg/226px-Gudea_of_Lagash_Girsu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2600" data-file-height="3900" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i><a href="/wiki/Statues_of_Gudea" title="Statues of Gudea">Statue of Gudea I</a></i>, dedicated to the god <a href="/wiki/Ningishzida" title="Ningishzida">Ningishzida</a>; 2120 BC (the <a href="/wiki/Neo-Sumerian" class="mw-redirect" title="Neo-Sumerian">Neo-Sumerian</a> period); height: 46 cm (20 in), width: 33 cm (10 in), depth: 22.5 cm (8.9 in); <a href="/wiki/Louvre" title="Louvre">Louvre</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Weight_Shulgi_Louvre_AO22187.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Weight dedicated by King Shulgi of Ur with a crescent moon on it; 2094-2047 BC; weight: 248 g; Louvre"><img alt="Weight dedicated by King Shulgi of Ur with a crescent moon on it; 2094-2047 BC; weight: 248 g; Louvre" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Weight_Shulgi_Louvre_AO22187.jpg/250px-Weight_Shulgi_Louvre_AO22187.jpg" decoding="async" width="127" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Weight_Shulgi_Louvre_AO22187.jpg/330px-Weight_Shulgi_Louvre_AO22187.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="1467" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Weight dedicated by King <a href="/wiki/Shulgi" title="Shulgi">Shulgi</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ur" title="Ur">Ur</a> with a crescent moon on it; 2094-2047 BC; weight: 248 g; Louvre</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Head_of_a_bearded_god_wearing_a_cap_with_horns_dedicated_by_Puzur-Eshtar_of_Mari.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Assyrian head of a bearded god wearing a cap with horns dedicated by Puzur-Eshtar of Mari; middle Bronze Age; height: 37 cm (15 in); Vorderasiatisches Museum (Berlin, Germany)"><img alt="Assyrian head of a bearded god wearing a cap with horns dedicated by Puzur-Eshtar of Mari; middle Bronze Age; height: 37 cm (15 in); Vorderasiatisches Museum (Berlin, Germany)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Head_of_a_bearded_god_wearing_a_cap_with_horns_dedicated_by_Puzur-Eshtar_of_Mari.jpg/121px-Head_of_a_bearded_god_wearing_a_cap_with_horns_dedicated_by_Puzur-Eshtar_of_Mari.jpg" decoding="async" width="121" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Head_of_a_bearded_god_wearing_a_cap_with_horns_dedicated_by_Puzur-Eshtar_of_Mari.jpg/181px-Head_of_a_bearded_god_wearing_a_cap_with_horns_dedicated_by_Puzur-Eshtar_of_Mari.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Head_of_a_bearded_god_wearing_a_cap_with_horns_dedicated_by_Puzur-Eshtar_of_Mari.jpg/242px-Head_of_a_bearded_god_wearing_a_cap_with_horns_dedicated_by_Puzur-Eshtar_of_Mari.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2786" data-file-height="3919" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Assyria" title="Assyria">Assyrian</a> head of a bearded god wearing a cap with horns dedicated by Puzur-Eshtar of <a href="/wiki/Mari,_Syria" title="Mari, Syria">Mari</a>; middle <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Age" title="Bronze Age">Bronze Age</a>; height: 37 cm (15 in); <span title="German-language text"><span lang="de" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Vorderasiatisches_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Vorderasiatisches Museum">Vorderasiatisches Museum</a></span></span> (<a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>, Germany)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Head_of_a_Cow_Goddess_(Hathor_or_Mehetweret)_MET_DP311571.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Head of a cow goddess (Hathor or Mehet-Weret); 1390-1352 BC; height: 53.6 cm (21.1 in), width: 28 cm (11 in), depth: 33 cm (13 in); Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)"><img alt="Head of a cow goddess (Hathor or Mehet-Weret); 1390-1352 BC; height: 53.6 cm (21.1 in), width: 28 cm (11 in), depth: 33 cm (13 in); Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Head_of_a_Cow_Goddess_%28Hathor_or_Mehetweret%29_MET_DP311571.jpg/115px-Head_of_a_Cow_Goddess_%28Hathor_or_Mehetweret%29_MET_DP311571.jpg" decoding="async" width="115" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Head_of_a_Cow_Goddess_%28Hathor_or_Mehetweret%29_MET_DP311571.jpg/172px-Head_of_a_Cow_Goddess_%28Hathor_or_Mehetweret%29_MET_DP311571.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Head_of_a_Cow_Goddess_%28Hathor_or_Mehetweret%29_MET_DP311571.jpg/229px-Head_of_a_Cow_Goddess_%28Hathor_or_Mehetweret%29_MET_DP311571.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2601" data-file-height="3854" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Head of a cow goddess (<a href="/wiki/Hathor" title="Hathor">Hathor</a> or <a href="/wiki/Mehetweret" class="mw-redirect" title="Mehetweret">Mehet-Weret</a>); 1390-1352 BC; height: 53.6 cm (21.1 in), width: 28 cm (11 in), depth: 33 cm (13 in); <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art" title="Metropolitan Museum of Art">Metropolitan Museum of Art</a> (New York City)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Paris_-_Tout%C3%A2nkhamon,_le_Tr%C3%A9sor_du_Pharaon_-_Amon_prot%C3%A9geant_Tout%C3%A2nkhamon_-_005.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Statue of Amun; 1336-1327 BC; height: 220 cm (87 in), width: 44[clarification needed], length: 78 cm (31 in); Louvre"><img alt="Statue of Amun; 1336-1327 BC; height: 220 cm (87 in), width: 44[clarification needed], length: 78 cm (31 in); Louvre" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Paris_-_Tout%C3%A2nkhamon%2C_le_Tr%C3%A9sor_du_Pharaon_-_Amon_prot%C3%A9geant_Tout%C3%A2nkhamon_-_005.jpg/113px-Paris_-_Tout%C3%A2nkhamon%2C_le_Tr%C3%A9sor_du_Pharaon_-_Amon_prot%C3%A9geant_Tout%C3%A2nkhamon_-_005.jpg" decoding="async" width="113" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Paris_-_Tout%C3%A2nkhamon%2C_le_Tr%C3%A9sor_du_Pharaon_-_Amon_prot%C3%A9geant_Tout%C3%A2nkhamon_-_005.jpg/170px-Paris_-_Tout%C3%A2nkhamon%2C_le_Tr%C3%A9sor_du_Pharaon_-_Amon_prot%C3%A9geant_Tout%C3%A2nkhamon_-_005.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Paris_-_Tout%C3%A2nkhamon%2C_le_Tr%C3%A9sor_du_Pharaon_-_Amon_prot%C3%A9geant_Tout%C3%A2nkhamon_-_005.jpg/226px-Paris_-_Tout%C3%A2nkhamon%2C_le_Tr%C3%A9sor_du_Pharaon_-_Amon_prot%C3%A9geant_Tout%C3%A2nkhamon_-_005.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3840" data-file-height="5760" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Statue of <a href="/wiki/Amun" title="Amun">Amun</a>; 1336-1327 BC; height: 220 cm (87 in), width: 44<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="cm? (November 2022)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup>, length: 78 cm (31 in); Louvre</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Block_Statue_of_the_God%27s_Father_Pameniuwedja,_son_of_Nesmin_and_Nestefnut_MET_07.228.25_EGDP023155.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Block statue of the god's father Pameniuwedja, son of Nesmin and Nestefnut; 4th century BC; height: 34.6 cm (13.6 in), width: 14.5 cm (5.7 in), depth: 19.1 cm (7.5 in); Metropolitan Museum of Art"><img alt="Block statue of the god's father Pameniuwedja, son of Nesmin and Nestefnut; 4th century BC; height: 34.6 cm (13.6 in), width: 14.5 cm (5.7 in), depth: 19.1 cm (7.5 in); Metropolitan Museum of Art" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Block_Statue_of_the_God%27s_Father_Pameniuwedja%2C_son_of_Nesmin_and_Nestefnut_MET_07.228.25_EGDP023155.jpg/122px-Block_Statue_of_the_God%27s_Father_Pameniuwedja%2C_son_of_Nesmin_and_Nestefnut_MET_07.228.25_EGDP023155.jpg" decoding="async" width="122" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Block_Statue_of_the_God%27s_Father_Pameniuwedja%2C_son_of_Nesmin_and_Nestefnut_MET_07.228.25_EGDP023155.jpg/183px-Block_Statue_of_the_God%27s_Father_Pameniuwedja%2C_son_of_Nesmin_and_Nestefnut_MET_07.228.25_EGDP023155.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Block_Statue_of_the_God%27s_Father_Pameniuwedja%2C_son_of_Nesmin_and_Nestefnut_MET_07.228.25_EGDP023155.jpg/244px-Block_Statue_of_the_God%27s_Father_Pameniuwedja%2C_son_of_Nesmin_and_Nestefnut_MET_07.228.25_EGDP023155.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2667" data-file-height="3718" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Block statue of the god's father Pameniuwedja, son of Nesmin and Nestefnut; 4th century BC; height: 34.6 cm (13.6 in), width: 14.5 cm (5.7 in), depth: 19.1 cm (7.5 in); Metropolitan Museum of Art</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pair_of_vases_MET_DT4387.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Vase with gilt bronze ornaments; c. 1780; 61 cm × 40.6 cm (24.0 in × 16.0 in); Metropolitan Museum of Art"><img alt="Vase with gilt bronze ornaments; c. 1780; 61 cm × 40.6 cm (24.0 in × 16.0 in); Metropolitan Museum of Art" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Pair_of_vases_MET_DT4387.jpg/136px-Pair_of_vases_MET_DT4387.jpg" decoding="async" width="136" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Pair_of_vases_MET_DT4387.jpg/204px-Pair_of_vases_MET_DT4387.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Pair_of_vases_MET_DT4387.jpg/272px-Pair_of_vases_MET_DT4387.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3200" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Vase with <a href="/wiki/Gilt_bronze" class="mw-redirect" title="Gilt bronze">gilt bronze</a> ornaments; <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1780</span>; 61 cm × 40.6 cm (24.0 in × 16.0 in); Metropolitan Museum of Art</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px; height: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Palazzo_delle_Poste_di_Napoli_-_ingresso.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Palazzo delle Poste, Naples, Italy, Gino Franzi, 1936. Modernism, constructed with marble and diorite."><img alt="Palazzo delle Poste, Naples, Italy, Gino Franzi, 1936. Modernism, constructed with marble and diorite." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Palazzo_delle_Poste_di_Napoli_-_ingresso.jpg/250px-Palazzo_delle_Poste_di_Napoli_-_ingresso.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Palazzo_delle_Poste_di_Napoli_-_ingresso.jpg/330px-Palazzo_delle_Poste_di_Napoli_-_ingresso.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Palazzo_delle_Poste_di_Napoli_-_ingresso.jpg/500px-Palazzo_delle_Poste_di_Napoli_-_ingresso.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><span title="Italian-language text"><span lang="it" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Palazzo_delle_Poste,_Naples" title="Palazzo delle Poste, Naples">Palazzo delle Poste</a></span></span>, Naples, Italy, Gino Franzi, 1936. <a href="/wiki/Modern_architecture" title="Modern architecture">Modernism</a>, constructed 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