"microdiorite" meaning in English

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          "text": "Early Miocene fossiliferous andesitic sediments are associated with some ophiolite massifs in northern Northland: Otaian volcanic grits (Hughes 1966) form a part of Maungaru Range (Fig. 3) and Waitakian–Otaian volcaniclastics are intruded by microdiorite near North Cape (Leitch 1966, 1970).",
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          "text": "It may be seen from this detailed description of localities that not only did the original character and distribution of the microdiorites vary throughout the district, but the subsequent alterations supply data from which inferences may be drawn as to the presence of concealed igneous bodies of later origin and the manner in which they have affected the microdiorites.",
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