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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 Gabbros from wikipedia
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layered gabbros near Stavanger, Norway.
Gabbros are also
present in
stocks ****ociated with
alkaline volcanism of
continental rifting.
Gabbro often contains...
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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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Mountain Gabbro Group, the
other being the Glen
Mountain Layered Complex. The
Roosevelt Gabbros are
generally characterized as
biotite gabbros,
which form...
- structure.
Igneous rock is
exposed inside and
there are
rhyolites and
gabbros that have
undergone hydrothermal alteration, and a
central megabreccia...
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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...
- 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...
- amphibole, and biotite.
Common mafic rocks include basalt,
diabase and
gabbro.
Mafic rocks often also
contain calcium-rich
varieties of
plagioclase feldspar...
- Bluff,
Mount Hummer,
Mount Hook,
Ronald Rock,
Skidmore Cliff,
Vigen Cliffs,
Gabbro Crest,
Sheriff Cliffs,
Fierle Peak,
Dyrdal Peak,
Mount Stephens, Magnetite...
- rocks, such as
gabbro and diabase,
scapolite replaces feldspar by a
secondary or
metasomatic process. Some
Norwegian scapolite-
gabbros (or diorite) examined...
