Definition of Diabases. Meaning of Diabases. Synonyms of Diabases

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Definition of Diabases

Diabase
Diabase Di"a*base, n. [F. diabase, fr. Gr. ? a crossing or passing over, fr. ?; ? + ? to go; -- so called by Brongniart, because it passes over to diorite.] (Min.) A basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous rock, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and pyroxene with magnetic iron; -- often limited to rocks pretertiary in age. It includes part of what was early called greenstone.

Meaning of Diabases from wikipedia

- chlorite, and calcite. The texture is termed diabasic and is typical of diabases. This diabasic texture is also termed interstitial. The feldspar is high...
- 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...
- The Diabase Hills are a mountain range in Washoe County, Nevada. "Diabase Hills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey...
- 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...
- 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...
- Many instances of scapolitization have been described from the ophites (diabases) of the Pyrenees. In the unaltered state these are ophitic and consist...
- Magma was injected between layers of sedimentary rock, forming diabase sills. This hard diabase protects the layers of sedimentary rock below, forming the...
- extrusive igneous rock. Types of trap rock include basalt, peridotite, diabase, and gabbro. Trap is also used to refer to flood (plateau) basalts, such...
- and the specific gravity is 2.8 - 3.0. The type localities are in the diabases of the Connecticut River valley and Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway. ****ociated...
- of a valley temple, now buried beneath the village of Nazlet el-Samman; diabase paving and nummulitic limestone walls have been found but the site has...