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[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 48 points 5 months ago

You are right, my bad. :) One is granite and the other one is granodiorite.

Granite is a rock with certain minerals in certain ratios: quartz, alkali feldspar(AF) and plagioclase(PL), where there is more AF than PL.(+accessory minerals of course but let's keep it simple). Granodiorite has more PL than AF. For more information, look up the Streckeisen diagram, it's a little scary at first but there are good explanations of it. :)

Sauce: https://www.reddit.com/r/Geologymemes/comments/1cqg1yb/how_identifying_rocks_feels_like_sometimes/

[-] nxdefiant@startrek.website 30 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

"granodiorite" sounds exactly the kind of name someone who doesn't want to admit it's just granite would make up.

[-] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 4 points 5 months ago

Minecraft taught me that diorite is also a stone, so maybe it's when the two kinds of stones are mixed together?

[-] weariedfae@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Good ol' grannies (granodiorite). They're important and diagnostic 'round these parts. Migrated down from Canadia we reckon.

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