GABBROS

Noun

gabbros

plural of gabbro

Source: Wiktionary


GABBRO

Gab"bro, n. Etym: [It.] (Geol.)

Definition: 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).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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