Words to Describe gabbro
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Things gabbro often describes ("gabbro ________")
- diabases
- water
- series
- diorites
- amphibolites
- granite
- intrusions
- norites
- eclogite
- body
- dolerite
- complex
- contact
- diabase
- diorite
- bodies
- anorthosites
- anorthosite
- schists
- magma
- group
- lava
- clan
- facies
- rock
- gneiss
- rocks
- family
- type
- schist
- transition
- mass
- suite
- basalt
- association
- pegmatites
- dolerites
- complexes
- picrite
- intrusion
How gabbro often is described ("________ gabbro")
- hypersthene
- saussurite
- augite
- anorthosite
- grained
- layered
- intrusive
- uralite
- flaser
- granular
- isotropic
- sheared
- diabasic
- leucocratic
- average
- cumulate
- coarsely
- norite
- undeformed
- diopside
- bronzite
- anorthositic
- feldspathic
- normal
- fresh
- alkaline
- uralitized
- ophitic
- massive
- ordinary
- chilled
- overlying
- minor
- biotite
- black
- later
- granulated
- hornblende
- foliated
- meta
- pyrrhotite
- granite
- gray
- peculiar
- marginal
- deformed
- porphyritic
- altered
- poikilitic
- bearing
- free
- basic
- orthoclase
- intergranular
- pyroxene
- intruded
- noritic
- older
- unaltered
- textured
- purple
- younger
- granulitic
- adjacent
- ophiolitic
- typical
- melanocratic
- quartz
- duluth
- rich
- homogeneous
- diorite
- orbicular
- coarse
- pegmatitic
- dark
- grey
- olivine
- crystalline
- nepheline
- weathered
- banded
