gabbro|gabbros in English

noun

volcanic rock which resembles granite

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1. Bytownite is also only found in gabbros, whereas labradorite is found in gabbros, basalts, and anorthosites

2. Peridotite, dunite, serpentinite, Anorthitite, anorthisitic gabbro and highly altered gabbro (amphibolite) Ontario Geological Survey

3. Allaline Gabbro (Allalinite) Additional Functions

4. Pyroxene and feldspar are the major minerals in basalt and gabbro.

5. These rocks occur as small dikes or isolated veins within cumulus gabbros.

6. Rocks of the Batholith range from undersaturated gabbros through to felsic granites, but …

7. Almandines are semi-precious gems found in metamorphic, diorite, and gabbro stone layers.

8. Allalinite Saussuritgabbro m, Allalinit m [ Gabbro mit zersetztem Mineralbestand]

9. According to the scientists, the biggest process active on Earth is the intrusion of gabbros.

10. 6 Even foliated metamorphic rocks and banded gabbro can be curved to form folds.

11. The granophyres and less weathered acidic rocks are moderately strong while the gabbros are the weakest materials.

12. Field relationships confirm the contemporaneity of the basic (anorthosite and gabbro) and acidic (syenite and granite) rocks.

13. They also contain tholeiitic gabbro xenoliths, which, as a suite, have a continuum of mineral compositions — clinopyroxene Mg#s 83–74, orthopyroxene Mg#s 83–76, and plagioclase An69–35 (e.g., includes andesine gabbro).

14. Description: Baddeleyite is a rare zirconium oxide found in a variety of environments, including kimberlite, syenite and gabbro

15. The gabbro intrusions and adjoining pillow lavas and dykes are already part of the older alpine (ophiolitic) stage.

16. Amphibolite is a rock in which "Basalt" or "Gabbro" has changed

17. ¶To enhance the ability to distinguish tholeiitic from alkalic magma parentages by mineral compositions, I determined trace-element abundances in plagioclase separated from xenolithic gabbros of Mauna Kea volcano. These gabbros have origins in tholeiitic and alkalic magmas of the Hamakua postshield stage of Mauna Kea volcanism.

18. Augite is a rock-forming mineral that is most often found in igneous rocks like diorite, andesite, gabbro, and basalt

19. Compositional layering and mineral orientations marked by spinel clusters in the dunites and by acicular amphiboles in the marginal gabbros are parallel to the contacts.

20. Gabbroic Anorthosite to anorthositic gabbro (Anorthosite series, Duluth Complex, Mesoproterozoic, 1099 Ma; Merritt Creek West Skyline Parkway roadcut, Duluth

21. Augite is an important rock-forming mineral in many igneous rocks, especially in gabbros and basalts, and is also found in some hydrothermal metamorphic rocks

22. Anorthite is an essential constituent of many basic igneous rocks, such as gabbro and basalt, also of some meteoric stones

23. Aureole is a ring around an igneous intrusion. Deep magma bodies cool very slowly and turn into coarse-grained, plutonic rocks like granite and gabbro

24. Augite is a rock-forming mineral that commonly occurs in mafic and intermediate igneous rocks such as basalt, gabbro, andesite, and diorite

25. Whereas most of the complex consists of salic rocks (syenites, nepheline syenites and alkali granites) a spectrum of intermediate rock types (monzonites, monzodiorites and alkali diorites) grades to alkali gabbros.