Monzonite is a granular igneous rock with composition between syenite and diorite and containing approximately equal amounts of orthoclase and plagioclase 0
From Mount Monzoni in the Tyrol, Italy, + -ite1 0
Durable Rock, Hard Rock 0
Coarse Grained Rock, Fine Grained Rock, Medium Grained Rock, Opaque Rock 0
Black, Brown, Light to Dark Grey, White 0
Decorative Aggregates, Flooring, Interior Decoration 0
As Building Stone, As Facing Stone, Office Buildings, Paving Stone 0
As Dimension Stone, Cement Manufacture, Construction Aggregate, for Road Aggregate 0
Artifacts, Monuments, Sculpture 0
Quartz Monzonite, Mangerite, Syenite and Diorite 0
Available in lots of colors, Is one of the oldest rock 0
Archaeological Significance
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Monzonite is a fine-grained, hard rock which is a type of metasomatite, essentially altered basalt. It forms with or without crystallization, either below the surface as intrusive rocks or on the surface as extrusive rocks. 0
Albite, Amphibole, Apatite, Biotite, Feldspar, Hornblade, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Muscovite or Illite, Olivine, Plagioclase, Pyroxene, Quartz, Sulfides, Titanite, Zircon 0
Aluminium Oxide, CaO, Iron(III) Oxide, FeO, Potassium Oxide, MgO, MnO, Sodium Oxide, Phosphorus Pentoxide, Silicon Dioxide, Titanium Dioxide 0
Burial Metamorphism, Cataclastic Metamorphism, Impact Metamorphism 0
Chemical Erosion, Coastal Erosion, Glacier Erosion, Water Erosion 0
Medium to Fine Coarse Grained 0
Heat Resistant, Impact Resistant, Pressure Resistant 0
Deposits in Eastern Continents
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China, India, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam 0
Angola, Egypt, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa 0
Bulgaria, England, Germany, Norway, Romania, Switzerland 0
Deposits in Western Continents
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Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru 0
Deposits in Oceania Continent
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New South Wales, New Zealand, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia 0