gabbro
IPA: gˈæbroʊ
noun
- (petrology) Originally, a kind of serpentine; now generally a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock consisting of lamellar pyroxene and labradorite.
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Examples of "gabbro" in Sentences
- Above the ridges are topped by hard gabbro.
- Boreray is formed of a breccia of gabbro and dolerites.
- One of these intrusions contained the gabbro and diorite.
- The landscape is rocky with basalt, gabbro and sandstone.
- This is particularly true if a gabbro is in fact a gabbro.
- The island is formed of a breccia of gabbro and dolerites.
- The crystallized magma forms new crust of basalt and gabbro.
- The orientation of the layers of gabbro in Skarstind is uncommon.
- Pyroxene and feldspar are the major minerals in basalt and gabbro.
- Cumulate gabbros are more properly termed pyroxene plagioclase orthocumulate.
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