Definition of Gabro
Gab"bro (?), n. [It.] (Geol.)
A name originally given by the Italians to a kind of serpentine,
later to the rock called euphotide, and now generally used for a
coarsely crystalline, igneous rock consisting of lamellar pyroxene
(diallage) and labradorite, with sometimes chrysolite (olivine
gabbro).
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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