- Look up
diabase in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Diabase (/ˈdaɪ.əˌbeɪs/), also
called dolerite (/ˈdɒl.əˌraɪt/) or microgabbro, is a mafic, holocrystalline...
- the
diabasic portion and are
composed of a
distinct type of rock
called Diabase-Schist-Tuff, as
noted in
earlier geological research. However, more recent...
- The York
Haven Diabase is a rock
formation in Pennsylvania,
United States. It
underlies the
Rossville Diabase and is Jur****ic in age. The
formation is...
- University.
Wherry theorized that the
ringing was due to the
texture of the
diabase rocks and that they were
supported by
other rocks. He
identified the boulder...
- and
diabase. They are
sometimes only a
fraction of an inch in thickness,
resembling a thin
layer of
pitch or tar on the edge of a
crystalline diabase ****...
- The
Diabase Hills are a
mountain range in
Washoe County, Nevada. "
Diabase Hills".
Geographic Names Information System.
United States Geological Survey...
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extrusive igneous rock.
Types of trap rock
include basalt, peridotite,
diabase, and gabbro. Trap is also used to
refer to
flood (plateau) basalts, such...
- famous, very fine-grained
black diabase is
mined in Östra Göinge.
Because of the
extremely high
quality of the
diabase from this area, it is in high demand...
- 683°W / 47.400; -79.683 The Ni****ing sills, also
called the Ni****ing
diabase, is a
large 2217– to 2210–million year old
group of
sills in the Superior...
- of this
igneous rock.
There is very
little co****r-grained
gabbro and
diabase.
Nephelinite is
exposed on the
islands but is
extremely rare. The majority...
