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Diabase
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Diabase, also called dolerite or microgabbro, is a mafic, holocrystalline, subvolcanic rock chemically equivalent to volcanic basalt or plutonic gabbro. It typically forms in shallow intrusive bodies such as dikes and sills rather than in deep crustal environments.
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Formation ClassIgneous, hypabyssal (a mafic subvolcanic rock chemically equivalent to basalt and gabbro) 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Chemically equivalent to fine-grained extrusive basalt; diabase is the subvolcanic (intermediate-depth) equivalent.
Chemically equivalent to coarse-grained plutonic gabbro; diabase is the subvolcanic (intermediate-depth) equivalent.
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Diabase, also called dolerite or microgabbro, is a mafic, holocrystalline, subvolcanic rock chemically equivalent to volcanic basalt or plutonic gabbro.
1. Diabase (Wikipedia)
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shallow intrusive bodies such as dikes and sills.
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