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Gabbro specimen Photomicrograph of a thin section of gabbro. Gabbro (/ ˈ ɡ æ b r oʊ / GAB-roh) is a phaneritic (coarse-grained and magnesium- and iron-rich), mafic intrusive igneous rock formed from the slow cooling magma into a holocrystalline mass deep beneath the Earth's surface.
Diabase (/ ˈ d aɪ. ə ˌ b eɪ s /), also called dolerite (/ ˈ d ɒ l. ə ˌ r aɪ t /) or microgabbro, [1] is a mafic, holocrystalline, subvolcanic rock equivalent to volcanic basalt or plutonic gabbro. Diabase dikes and sills are typically shallow intrusive bodies and often exhibit fine-grained to aphanitic chilled margins which may ...
Some examples of felsic rocks include granite and rhyolite, while examples of mafic rocks include gabbro and basalt. [ 1 ] According to the Encyclopædia Britannica , color indices, 0–50 are felsic, 50–90 are mafic, and 90–100 are ultramafic. [ 6 ]
Foidolite – Igneous rock rich in feldspathoid minerals; Gabbro – Coarse-grained mafic intrusive rock; Granite – Type of igneous rock; Granodiorite – Type of coarse grained intrusive igneous rock; Granophyre – Subvolcanic rock that contains quartz and alkali feldspar in characteristic angular intergrowths
A mafic mineral or rock is a silicate mineral or igneous rock rich in magnesium and iron. Most mafic minerals are dark in color, and common rock-forming mafic minerals include olivine, pyroxene, amphibole, and biotite. Common mafic rocks include basalt, diabase and gabbro. Mafic rocks often also contain calcium-rich varieties of plagioclase ...
Trap rock, also known as either trapp or trap, is any dark-colored, fine-grained, non-granitic intrusive or extrusive igneous rock. Types of trap rock include basalt, peridotite, diabase, and gabbro. [1] Trap is also used to refer to flood (plateau) basalts, such as the Deccan Traps and Siberian Traps. [2]
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These rock types can include: Mangerite: a pyroxene-bearing monzonite intrusive igneous rock; Charnockite: an orthopyroxene-bearing quartz-feldspar rock, once thought to be intrusive igneous, now recognized as metamorphic; Iron-rich felsic rocks, including monzonite and rapakivi granite; Iron-rich diorite, gabbro, and norite