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Uncommon card · Science
Diorite, an Uncommon card
Diorite is an intrusive igneous rock formed by the slow cooling underground of magma that has a moderate content of silica and a relatively low content of alkali metals.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 66
- Power
- 132
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 58,000
Power 132 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Diorite quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Diorite card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Diorite is found in mountain-building belts on the margins of ______.
Answer
continents. Diorite is found in mountain-building belts on the margins of continents. From the Diorite article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
List of WWE Hardcore Champions. List of WWE Hardcore Champions 83 · Positional notation 77 · Hans-Georg Gadamer 72 · Diorite 66 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It is intermediate in composition between low-silica gabbro and high-silica granite.
- Diorite is found in mountain-building belts on the margins of continents.
- It has the same composition as the fine-grained volcanic rock, andesite, which is also common in orogens.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Diorite article was read about 58,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 66: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Diorite
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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- Paul CaseyUncommon · Society · ATK 73 DEF 59
- Porter GossUncommon · History · ATK 72 DEF 60
- Chinese noodlesUncommon · Society · ATK 68 DEF 64
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Diorite (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Michael C. Rygel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.