diorite porphyrite

Rock type: 
Age: 
97 millions years

Russia, Khabarovsk Territory. Stock diorite porphyrites. Butakano-Churkinsky complex. Greenish-gray and dark gray with a greenish tint porphyry rocks with a different number of plagioclase phenocrysts in the microcrystalline bulk consisting of a plagioclase sheet, chlorinated biotite flakes and hornblende. Plagioclase phenocrysts are represented by zonal andesine tablets, sometimes albitized along cracks. The hornblende, also present in phenocrysts, is represented by idiomorphic grains 1 × 4 mm in size.

Rock type: 
Age: 
97 millions years

Russia, Khabarovsk Territory. Stock diorite porphyrites. Butakano-Churkinsky complex. Greenish-gray and dark gray with a greenish tint porphyry rocks with a different number of plagioclase phenocrysts in the microcrystalline bulk consisting of a plagioclase sheet, chlorinated biotite flakes and hornblende. Plagioclase phenocrysts are represented by zonal andesine tablets, sometimes albitized along cracks. The hornblende, also present in phenocrysts, is represented by idiomorphic grains 1 × 2.5 mm in size. In the second photo, magnification * 10. Upper Cretaceous.

Rock type: 
Age: 
97 millions years

Russia, Khabarovsk Territory. Stock diorite porphyrites. Butakano-Churkinsky complex. Greenish-gray and dark gray with a greenish tint porphyry rocks with a different number of plagioclase phenocrysts in the microcrystalline bulk consisting of a plagioclase sheet, chlorinated biotite flakes and hornblende. Plagioclase phenocrysts are represented by zonal andesine tablets, sometimes albitized along cracks. The hornblende, also present in phenocrysts, is represented by idiomorphic grains 1 × 2.5 mm in size. In the second photo, magnification * 10. Upper Cretaceous.

Rock type: 
Age: 
300 millions years

Spain, Catalonia, Platja d'Aro. On the left is granodioorite porphyry with quartz and aplite veins. On the right is a diorite porphyrite dyke with quartz veins.

Rock type: 
Age: 
50 millions years

Dyke diorite porphyrite. Sikhote-Alin series of Eocene subintrusions. Eocene. The thickness of the dikes varies from 1 to 20 m, sometimes reaching 70 m, the length rarely exceeds 500 m. The studied contacts of the dikes have steep angles (70-80 degrees) of incidence, and contact alteration are expressed in weak keratinization of rocks to a width of 5-10 cm. Consist: phenocrysts 20-25% - plagioclase, hornblende; the bulk 75-80% - plagioclase 30-35%, dark-colored mineral (hornblende?) 15-20%, quartz up to 1%. Accessory: apatite, sphene. δπ₽2