Diabase A diabase is a basaltic rock with grain size more or less transitional between gabbro (coarse) and basalt (fine). Notice the elongate lath-shaped plagioclase and the colorful clinopyroxene and possible olivine in this rock. |
UNC sample SC-? | |
Rock type diabase dike | ||
Locality South Carolina | ||
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