Quartz gabbro is an intrusive rock with a composition intermediate between gabbro and tonalite. It is defined in the QAPF classification as coarse-grained...
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to gabbro, such as monzogabbro, quartz gabbro, or nepheline-bearing gabbro. Gabbro itself is more narrowly defined, as a gabbroid in which quartz makes...
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composed of primarily olivine rich gabbro. The more intermediate material higher in the sills are composed of quartz gabbro. Small amounts of ilmenite, magnetite...
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Hornblende gabbro is an intrusive rock similar to normal gabbro (gabbro sensu stricto). In the QAPF classification it falls within the gabbro field, in...
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Quartz monzogabbro is an intrusive rock intermediate between quartz gabbro and quartz monzonite. Under the QAPF classification, it is an intrusive rock...
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from the base up of sub layer norite, mafic norite, felsic norite, quartz gabbro, and granophyre.[citation needed] The Whitewater Group consists of a...
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very fine structure, while gabbro cools very slowly, at great depth, and large crystals develop. Dolerite is intermediate. Quartz dolerite is very common...
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The Concord Gabbro-Syenite Complex is a paleozoic pluton located in North Carolina. The complex is mainly composed of gabbro and syenite and is of the...
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Igneous rock type Foidolite – Igneous rock rich in feldspathoid minerals Gabbro – Coarse-grained mafic intrusive rock Granite – Type of igneous rock Granodiorite –...
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Baltimore Gabbro Complex is Paleozoic, post-lower Ordovician. Woodstock Quartz Monzonite Guilford Quartz Monzonite "USGS Baltimore Gabbro Complex". Retrieved...
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