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Mineral Specimens: Gabbro Palm Stones |
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Mineral Specimens: Gabbro Palm Stones |
These are generally 1 3/4 to 2 1/2 inches. "Gabbro is a phaneritic, mafic intrusive igneous rock formed from the slow cooling of magnesium-rich and iron-rich magma into a holocrystalline mass deep beneath the Earth's surface. Slow-cooling, coarse-grained gabbro is chemically equivalent to rapid-cooling, fine-grained basalt."
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