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9.1 Hornblende diorite.  Locality unknown, but rock is similar to diorite of Woodleaf, North Carolina.  The dominant minerals of this rock are black to dark green hornblende and glassy gray to white plagioclase feldspar. Grains of magnetite, ilmenite, or both occur as tiny, scattered grains. [Standard cm scale provided.]
9.1 Hornblende diorite. Locality unknown, but rock is similar to diorite of Woodleaf, North Carolina. The dominant minerals of this rock are black to dark green hornblende and glassy gray to white plagioclase feldspar. Grains of magnetite, ilmenite, or both occur as tiny, scattered grains. [Standard cm scale provided.]

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