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Olivine gabbro through a polarized microscope. Gabbro is a coarse-grained igneous rock.
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Gabbro through a polarized microscope. Gabbro is an igneous rock which forms in major plutonic intrusions.
Mafic (consisting primarily of dark-coloured crystals) igneous rock formed deep in the Earth's crust. It contains pyroxene and calcium-rich feldspar, and may contain small amounts of olivine and amphibole. Its coarse crystals of dull minerals give it a speckled appearance.
Gabbro is the plutonic version of basalt (that is, derived from magma that has solidified below the Earth's surface), and forms in large, slow-cooling intrusions.
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