Occurrence
Diorite is a relatively rare rock; source localities include Leicestershire; UK (one name for microdiorite—markfieldite—exists due to the rock being found in the village of Markfield); Sondrio, Italy; Thuringia and Saxony in Germany; Finland; Romania; Northeastern Turkey; central Sweden; Scotland; the Darrans range of New Zealand; the Andes Mountains; the Isle of Guernsey; Basin and Range province; Minnesota in the USA, and Idahet in Egypt.
An orbicular variety found in Corsica is called corsite.
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