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Definition of Gabbroic
1. gabbro [adj] - See also: gabbro
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gabbroic
Literary usage of Gabbroic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"In the Adirondack province, anorthosite is the major rock type, with all authors
linking the anorthosite genetically with a border zone of gabbroic ..."
2. Igneous Rocks: Composition, Texture and Classification, Description and by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1913)
"Certain greenstone- schists, particularly those at Salida, 10000 feet thick, are
metamorphosed basaltic, or gabbroic, rocks. ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Of or of the nature of gabbro : as, gabbroic rocks. It is becoming more and more
evident that eruptions of ..."
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