gabbro-diorite love

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A rock intermediate between gabbro and diorite, having both pyroxene and hornblende in nearly equal amounts.
  • noun A rock partly altered, or completely metamorphosed, in which the hornblende is secondary. Same as metadiorite.

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