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What is a monzonite?

What is a monzonite? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (geology) An intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of plagioclase and orthoclase
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Mineralization in drill hole QH-14-01 consists of fine to medium grained disseminated sulphides in sericite altered, sheared quartz monzonite.
The most common rock types in plutons are granite, granodiorite, tonalite, monzonite, and quartz diorite.
The copper-gold mineralization of the Chuchi deposit is centred on a cluster of plagioclase porphyry monzonite stocks, dykes and sills.
They have been formed by the dissemination of copper minerals in the crushed or fractured periphery of intrusive igneous bodies of such granitic rocks as quartz monzonite and diorite porphyry.
The hole ended at 150.0 meters within a silicified monzonite.
In geologic terms the Vladaya granite is classified as a monzonite due to its low percentage of the mineral quartz.

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