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Q: Why is gabbro dark in color?
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What type of rock is gabbro?

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.


What does gabbro look like?

Gabbro is a dark rock with visible crystals.


What color is gabbro?

black


What is an intrusive igneous rock that is dark colored?

gabbro


What is the streak color of gabbro?

black black


What is lighter gabbro or granite?

Granite is lighter because its composed of felsic minerals while gabbro is made up of dark ferromagnesian minerals.


Where can you find gabbro?

Gabbro is a group of dark, coarse-grained, intrusive mafic igneous rocks. They are often found beneath the Earth's surface where they form into crystals.


How does a Granite rock and a Gabbro rock differ from each other?

The counterpart of Granite is Rhyolite,the counterpart of Gabbro is Basalt. Gabbro is mafic(Dark coloured) ,Granite is felsic (light coloured) Granite forms from magma of Granitic composition while Gabbro forms from magma of Basaltic composition.


What are at least 5 examples of mafic igneous rock?

Basalt, Scoria, Diabase, Basaltic Glass, Gabbro. Obsidian may appear to be mafic due to its dark color but it is actually felsic


How long does it take to form gabbro?

Gabbro is a ingenious rock from portions of Canada. It is estimated to be well over a billion years old and one of the oldest types of rock.


Dark course grain intrusive igneous rock simliar to basalt and mineral make up?

Gabbro.


What is a dark coarse-grained intrusive igneous rock similar to basalt in mineral make up?

Gabbro