FACTOID # 60: Japan's water has a very high dissolved oxygen concentration - but not enough to prevent drowning in the bath.
 
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Encyclopedia > Diorite

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Diorite Solid Surface (98 words)
Manufactured from a polymer matrix with aluminum tri-hydrate mineral filler Diorite has the beauty of natural stone yet can shaped and formed like a fine hardwood.
Diorite's ability to manufacture solid surface in Ireland, means that the material is competitively priced over other leading brands of solid surface.
This also allows us to provide a very responsive and fast service to the specifier and building trade.
Diorite (316 words)
Diorite is a medium to coarse-grained intrusive igneous rock that commonly is composed of about two-thirds plagioclase feldspar and one-third dark-colored minerals, such as amphibole and/or biotite.
The presence of sodium-rich feldspar, oligoclase or andesine, in contrast to calcium-rich plagioclase, labradorite or bytownite, is the main distinction between diorite and gabbro.
The extrusive (volcanic) equivalent of diorite is andesite.
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