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When you crushed Gabbro you would obtainOlivine, Pyroxene(Augite), and Plagioclase

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Is gabbro a felsic rock?

No. Gabbro is mafic-ultramafic. An example of a felsic rock would be a granite or rhyolite.


What is cochineal what is it used for and where would you obtain it from?

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What are the parent rocks of gabbro?

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Would gabbro or obsidian make a better arrowhead?

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Why would basalt and gabbro generally have higher chemical weathering rates than rhyolite and granite?

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What are some examples of intrusive igneous rock?

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Why is it difficult to dtermine the absolute age of a sedimentary rock?

In most cases, all we have to date are the clasts in the sedimentary rock. Dating the clasts, however, would yield the age of the source rock from which they were derived rather than the current sedimentary rock.


What rock would form when basaltic magma cools?

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Is she have crushed on you?

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Which rock obsidian or gabbro would make a better arrowhead?

Obsidian. It has very fine grain or is amorphous, and it has a conchoid fracture, so it can be worked to a sharp edge and point. Gabbro, on the other hand, has a very coarse grain and it difficult to get and edge or point on at all.


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because they could of committed treason or petty treason.