About The Word Gabbro
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Gabbro
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What's The Definition Of Gabbro?
[n] one of a family of granular intrusive rocks
Synonyms | Synonyms for Gabbro: Related Terms | Find terms related to Gabbro: 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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