gabbro

Noun

gabbro

1. 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.

6 letters in word "gabbro": A B B G O R.

No anagrams for gabbro found in this word list.

Words found within gabbro:

ab abb abo ag ago ar arb ba bag bar barb bo boa boar bob boba bog bor bora bra brag bro brog gab gar garb garbo go goa gob gor grab oar ob oba or ora orb rag rob

• Definitions:
• A coarse-grained, mafic intrusive rock composed mainly of the minerals plagioclase, pyroxene and olivine
• Any of a group of dark, dense, phaneritic, intrusive rocks that are the plutonic equivalent to basalt.
• A dark, coarse-textured, heavy rock composed of calcium feldspar and augite with a small amount of quartz.
• Course-grained igneous rock rich in olivine, pyroxene, and plagioclase.
• Silica-poor, iron and magnesium rich intrusive igneous rock. Generally coarse-grained and dark in color.
• an extremely rough rock offering good friction grip, the principle rock of the Skye Cuillin. glean - a glen. glen - valley. Grahams, The - a list of Scottish hills between 2000 and 2499 feet high. The original list was compiled by Alan Dawson and Fiona Torbet (nee Graham). There are 224 Grahams. ...
• one of a family of granular intrusive rocks
• Gabbro (IPA: ) is a dark, coarse-grained, intrusive igneous rock chemically equivalent to basalt. It is a plutonic rock, formed when molten magma is trapped beneath the Earth's surface and cools into a crystalline mass.

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• gabbro
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