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Gabbro
Gabbro Gab"bro, n. [It.] (Geol.)
A name originally given by the Italians to a kind of
serpentine, later to the rock called euphotide, and now
generally used for a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock
consisting of lamellar pyroxene (diallage) and labradorite,
with sometimes chrysolite (olivine gabbro).
Meaning of Gabbro from wikipedia
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Gabbro (/ˈɡæb.roʊ/) is a
phaneritic (co****-grained),
mafic intrusive igneous rock
formed from the slow
cooling of magnesium-rich and iron-rich
magma into...
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Hornblende gabbro is an
intrusive rock
similar to
normal gabbro (
gabbro sensu stricto). In the QAPF
classification it
falls within the
gabbro field, in...
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Quartz gabbro is an
intrusive rock with a
composition intermediate between gabbro and tonalite. It is
defined in the QAPF
classification as co****-grained...
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Mountain Gabbro Group, the
other being the Glen
Mountain Layered Complex. The
Roosevelt Gabbros are
generally characterized as
biotite gabbros,
which form...
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Baltimore Gabbro Complex is a
hypersthene gabbro with
subordinate amounts of
olivine gabbro, norite,
anorthositic gabbro, and pyroxenite.
Igneous minerals...
- Nepheline-bearing
gabbro is an
intrusive rock with a
composition intermediate between gabbro and
nepheline gabbro. It is
defined in the QAPF classification...
- is the
Farmington Gabbro,
located in the
Mocksville Complex. The
Mocksville Complex consist of metamorphosed/unmetamorphosed
gabbros, pyroxenites, hornblendites...
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gabbro, but with
significant amounts of
anorthosite and
other related granitic rocks. The
Duluth Complex is one of the
largest intrusions of
gabbro on...
- The
Concord Gabbro-Syenite
Complex is a
paleozoic pluton located in
North Carolina. The
complex is
mainly composed of
gabbro and
syenite and is of the...
- Bluff,
Mount Hummer,
Mount Hook,
Ronald Rock,
Skidmore Cliff,
Vigen Cliffs,
Gabbro Crest,
Sheriff Cliffs,
Fierle Peak,
Dyrdal Peak,
Mount Stephens, Magnetite...
