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dolerite (n.)

A dark-colored, basic, igneous rock, composed essentially of pyroxene and a triclinic feldspar with magnetic iron. By many authors it is considered equivalent to a coarse-grained basalt.

A dark, crystalline, igneous rock, chiefly pyroxene with labradorite.

Coarse-grained basalt.

Diabase.

Any dark, igneous rock composed chiefly of silicates of iron and magnesium with some feldspar.

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dolerite

A dark-colored, basic, igneous rock, composed essentially of pyroxene and a triclinic feldspar with magnetic iron. By many authors it is considered equivalent t

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