gabbro
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈɡabɹəʊ/
gabbro
- (rock) Originally, a kind of serpentine; now generally a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock consisting of lamellar pyroxene and labradorite.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 59:
- It is known as gabbro and is thought to form the lower layer of the oceanic crust at about four kilometres depth and to comprise a layer up to six kilometres thick, making it one of the most abundant, if least recognisable, materials on earth.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 59:
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