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Gabbro is a type of rock that is dense and dark in color. It is made up of parts of oceanic crust, which is highly compressed.
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∙ 13y agoGabbro is an intrusive, mafic, igneous rock.
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∙ 15y agoGabbro is an intrusive igneous rock.
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∙ 15y agoGneiss is a metamorphic rock.
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∙ 14y agoGabbro is a rock
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∙ 13y agoa mineral
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What is a type of mafic phaneritic rock?
Gabbro is a type of mafic, phaneritic igneous rock.
Is gabbro a dike?
Gabbro is an intrusive mafic igneous rock. A dike is a type intrusive igneous structure and is not associated with any particular type of igneousn rock. Gabbro can form dikes, sills, and other structures.
What type igneous rock is produced at a divergent zone?
Basalt and gabbro.
What are the parent rocks of gabbro?
Gabbro is an igneous rock, and therefore does not have a parent rock as would a metamorphic rock. Gabbro is an intrusive igneous rock formed from the slow cooling and solidification of mafic magmas deep underground.
Is gabbro a felsic rock?
No. Gabbro is mafic-ultramafic. An example of a felsic rock would be a granite or rhyolite.
Is there a type of rock called Gabbro?
yes there is a rock called gabbro
What is a type of mafic phaneritic rock?
Gabbro is a type of mafic, phaneritic igneous rock.
Is gabbro a dike?
Gabbro is an intrusive mafic igneous rock. A dike is a type intrusive igneous structure and is not associated with any particular type of igneousn rock. Gabbro can form dikes, sills, and other structures.
A type of instrusive igneous rock with large crystals?
Gabbro.
Is gabbro a moon rock?
YES gabbro is a moon rock
Is a gabbro a mineral?
Gabbro is a rock
Is gabbro a phaneritic rock?
Yes, Gabbro is a phaneritic igneous rock.
What type igneous rock is produced at a divergent zone?
Basalt and gabbro.
Is gabbro volcanic?
No. Gabbro is an intrusive igneous rock.
Example of intrusive rock?
On type of extrusive igneous rock is granite and feldspar
Is gabbro a felsic rock?
No. Gabbro is mafic-ultramafic. An example of a felsic rock would be a granite or rhyolite.
What are the parent rocks of gabbro?
Gabbro is an igneous rock, and therefore does not have a parent rock as would a metamorphic rock. Gabbro is an intrusive igneous rock formed from the slow cooling and solidification of mafic magmas deep underground.
