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Noun

gabbro ‎(plural gabbros)

1. (petrology) 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.
   • 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.

Derived terms

• gabbroid
• gabbroic

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