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Gabbro

Gabbro Meaning & Definition
Gabbro Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gabbro?

[n] one of a family of granular intrusive rocks

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See Also | igneous rock

Gabbro In Webster's Dictionary

\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).

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