Diorite
At a glance
- Type
- Rock
- Group
- Igneous rock
- Crystal system
- None (a rock)
- Hardness
- Hard (5.5 to 7.5)
- Density
- Medium (2.5 to 3.2)
- Occurs in
- Igneous rocks
- Foliation
- Not layered
- Colour
- White, Grey, Black
- Lustre
- Glassy
- Use
- Building
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- The name diorite comes from the Greek diorizein, to distinguish, because its light and dark minerals can be told apart by eye.
- In the video game Minecraft, diorite is a speckled grey and white building block.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q187408 · All stones · All entries