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Definition of Dolerites

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 Dolerites from wikipedia

- include many large diabase/dolerite sills and **** swarms. These include the Karoo dolerites of South Africa, the Ferrar Dolerites of Antarctica, and the...
- 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...
- stones: geology, technical properties and deposit characterization of the dolerites from Uruguay". Environmental Earth Sciences. 63 (7): 1879–1909. Bibcode:2011EES...
- spotted rock, now a type of stone with a characteristic texture of certain dolerites after an occurrence in the Pyrenees Ophitic, a type of poikilitic texture...
- varieties, including: basalt in Victoria, Australia, and in New Zealand dolerites in Tasmania, Australia; and in Britain (including Stonehenge) feldspathic...
- The Prospect dolerite intrusion, or Prospect intrusion, is a Jur****ic picrite or dolerite laccolith that is situated in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
- composed of Umkondo Group dolerite and sandstone, with the harder dolerite forming cliffs and ridges and the granite-dolerite contact often forming waterfalls...
- Bowring, S.A. and Munyanyiwa, H. 1999. U-Pb zircon age for the Umkondo Dolerites, eastern Zimbabwe; 1.1 Ga large igneous province in Southern Africa-East...
- The central plateau and the southeast portions of the island are mostly dolerites. Mount Wellington above Hobart is a good example, showing distinct columns...
- facies. It was first described in 1788 for an occurrence in the Karoo dolerites of Cradock, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. It was named for Colonel...