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Diorites are a group of igneous rocks composed essentially of a soda-lime feldspar and hornblende, embracing a wide range of types from acid to basic. Diorites were formed by cooling far below the surface and occur in the Scottish Highlands, the Channel Islands, California and other places.
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A soda fountain was a vessel containing water impregnated with carbonic acid gas, or plain water and materials for producing the gas, and provided with valves and pipes by which the contents could be drawn off.
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A soda lake is a natural sink in which the drainings of alkali plains have collected. They are in reality lakes with no outlet, and form an important source of soda.
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A soda is Australian slang for something easily done; a pushover.
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