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Diabase
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What's The Definition Of Diabase?Synonyms | Synonyms for Diabase: Related Terms | Find terms related to Diabase: See Also | Diabase In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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