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Gabbro vs Noriteingeology - What's the difference?

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gabbro

English

(wikipedia gabbro)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (rock) A name originally given to a kind of serpentine, and now generally used for a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock consisting of lamellar pyroxene and labradorite.
  • * 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 59:
    • It is known as gabbro and is thought to form the lower layer of the oceanic crust at about four kilometres depth and to comprise a layer up to six kilometres thick, making it one of the most abundant, if least recognisable, materials on earth.

    Derived terms

    * gabbroid * gabbroic

    noriteingeology

    Not English

    Noriteingeology has no English definition. It may be misspelled.