granodiorite
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- Composition
- Geology
- Etymology
- Banatite
- Occurrence
- United States
- Egypt
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thumb|upright=1.4|A sample of granodiorite from the Massif Central, France thumb|upright=1.4|QAPF diagram for classification of plutonic rocks. The composition field for granodiorite is indicated in blue. upright=1.4|thumb|Mineral assemblage of igneous rocks thumb|Photomicrograph of [[thin section of granodiorite from Slovakia (in crossed polarised light)]]
Granodiorite ( ) is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock similar to granite, but containing more plagioclase feldspar than orthoclase feldspar.