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Definition of Dolerite

Dolerite
Dolerite Dol"er*ite, n. [Gr. ? deceptive, because easily confounded with diorite.] (Petrography) (a) A dark, crystalline, igneous rock, chiefly pyroxene with labradorite. (b) Coarse-grained basalt. (c) Diabase. (d) Any dark, igneous rock composed chiefly of silicates of iron and magnesium with some feldspar. -- Dol`er*it"ic, a.
Dolerite
Dolerite Dol"er*ite, n. [Gr. ? deceitful; because it was easily confounded with diorite.] (Geol. & Min.) A dark-colored, basic, igneous rock, composed essentially of pyroxene and a triclinic feldspar with magnetic iron. By many authors it is considered equivalent to a coarse-grained basalt.

Meaning of Dolerite from wikipedia

- Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Diabase (/ˈdaɪ.əˌbeɪs/), also called dolerite (/ˈdɒl.əˌraɪt/) or microgabbro, is a mafic, holocrystalline, subvolcanic...
- Quartz dolerite or quartz diabase is an intrusive rock similar to dolerite (also called diabase), but with an excess of quartz. Dolerite is similar in...
- varieties, including: basalt in Victoria, Australia, and in New Zealand dolerites in Tasmania, Australia; and in Britain (including Stonehenge) feldspathic...
- Tasmania is complex, with the world's biggest exposure of diabase, or dolerite. The rock record contains representatives of each period of the Neoproterozoic...
- The Whin Sill or Great Whin Sill is a tabular layer of the igneous rock dolerite in County Durham, Northumberland and ****bria in the northeast of England...
- The Prospect dolerite intrusion, or Prospect intrusion, is a Jur****ic picrite or dolerite laccolith that is situated in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
- Iron Age. There is also evidence of a rectangular Gallo-Roman temple. The dolerite stratum has been mined, and used to make axe heads during the Neolithic...
- the summit of Prospect Hill. The quarrying of blue metal, basalt and dolerite was abundant in the area in the past two centuries. Pemulwuy, formerly...
- is composed of an upper sill of dolerite and sandstone, with the harder dolerite forming cliffs and ridges. The dolerite sill and the sediments underlying...
- point in 1954. Like most peaks in the area it is capped with Jur****ic dolerite. The Mount Ossa highland area spans the boundary between the Big River...