Like labradorite and anorthite, it is a common constituent of basic igneous rocks, such as gabbro and basalt. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
To illustrate the operations, I will describe a specific case, viz. that of grinding the section of "gabbro"'above described, for microscopical purposes. From Wordnik.com. [On Laboratory Arts] Reference
Igneous rocks, including granite and gabbro, are common. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Oklahoma (EPA)] Reference
Report this comment to the moderators green gabbro Writes. From Wordnik.com. [Voting for pro-life politicians increases abortion] Reference
Soay and Boreray are formed of a breccia of gabbro and dolerites. From Wordnik.com. [St Kilda (Hirta) National Nature Reserve, United Kingdom] Reference
These volcanic materials are pierced by serpentine, gabbro and granite. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
Dark-colored serpentine and gabbro also are found interstratified within the shales. From Wordnik.com. [Northeast India-Myanmar pine forests] Reference
Links from Oct 28: Joseph:: Extensive collection on pictures in San Diego:: green gabbro:: tolitz. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: October 26, 2003 - November 1, 2003 Archives] Reference
The rocks of Hirta are predominantly a complex of dolerite and microgranites with gabbro along the castellated west coast, intruded by basalt dykes. From Wordnik.com. [St Kilda (Hirta) National Nature Reserve, United Kingdom] Reference
In the southwest the underlying bedrock is granite and gneiss, in the north and east there are magmatic rocks including reddish rapakivi granite, gabbro and anorthosite. From Wordnik.com. [Kvarken Archipelago High Coast, Finland and Sweden] Reference
The Cobalt Plain in the northeast section of the Ontario portion is composed of flat-lying clastic sediments with ridges and hills formed by gabbro sills or granitic rock inliers. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern forest-boreal transition] Reference
Caribou Ridge, which is capped by a much altered gabbro. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Labrador Trail] Reference
Tight-spaced offsets to hole OELU-229 may be warranted. gabbro. From Wordnik.com. [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference
Permo-Triassic sediments, volcanic's, granite and gabbro intrusive complex. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
Some common mafic igneous rocks include fine-grained basalt and coarse-grained gabbro. From Wordnik.com. [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference
United States Geological Survey has also included small quantities of diorite and gabbro. From Wordnik.com. [The Economic Aspect of Geology] Reference
Granite and marble are used for countertops, pumice can make soap, gabbro is used to make sidewalks. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
The rock has probably been derived by dynamic metamorphism, from a coarse igneous rock like a gabbro. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Labrador Trail] Reference
It may stop far below the surface and cool slowly, forming coarsely crystallized rocks of the granite and gabbro types. From Wordnik.com. [The Economic Aspect of Geology] Reference
Using a slab of gabbro, a rock mineralogically similar to basalt, we measure a current on the order of 100 nanoamperes. From Wordnik.com. [SPACE.com] Reference
Such a gabbro mass on the northwestern edge of the Big Mac property is shown on a geological map produced by previous workers. From Wordnik.com. [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference
Except for three thin gabbro dikes, the mineralization visually extends from the drill collar, at surface, to the end of the hole at 325 metres. From Wordnik.com. [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference
Previous drilling within the Hawkwood gabbro has intersected significant copper (Cu) mineralisation, which includes 20 metres of 0.51% Cu from 2 metres. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
It comprises near solid pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite in brecciated gabbro with assays of 0. 66% Ni, 0. 90% Cu, 0. 09% Co, 68 ppb Pt, 227 ppb Pd and 46 ppb Au. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
An area of hydrothermally altered gabbro, with associated disseminated copper mineralization, has also been defined over a surface area of 2 km2 near the village of Trebinja. From Wordnik.com. [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases] Reference
This comment was written by green gabbro. From Wordnik.com. [The world’s hardest job, but very little to do.] Reference
Via green gabbro, my hero: http://greengabbro.net/index.php. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference
Basalt is much more common than gabbro. From Wordnik.com. [Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth] Reference
Green gabbro speaks. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference
Green gabbro Writes. From Wordnik.com. [The world’s hardest job, but very little to do.] Reference
Ultrabasic rocks predominate, such as serpentine, diabase, gabbro, and pillow-lava. From Wordnik.com. [Cyprus Mediterranean forests] Reference
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