Thursday, February 16, 2012

Gabbro is an intrusive igneous rock, meaning it is made of magma that solidifies inside of Earth's crust.  It contains many of the minerals we have already learned about: pyroxene, plagioclase, amphibole, and olivine.  Gabbro is coarse grained and porphyritic, meaning the size of the crystals vary.  

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