Tonalite
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Tonalite is an igneous, plutonic (intrusive) rock, of felsic composition, with phaneritic texture. Mineral assembly is composed typically of plagioclase, more than 20% of quartz and rare potassium feldspar. Amphiboles and pyroxenes are common accessory minerals.
Trondhjemite is a variety of tonalite with biotite as the only mafic mineral.
See also: igneous rocks, list of rocks