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Spanish term or phrase:
es un gabro de grano grueso, su tonalidad es mesocrata, profiritica
English translation:
it is a coarse-grained igneous rock/gabbro, with a mesocratic and porphyritic texture
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liz askew
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es un gabro de grano grueso, su tonalidad es mesocrata, profiritica
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La litologia principal del intrusivo Tamouy Chico es un gabro de grano grueso, su tonalidad es mesocrata, profiritica de 7 km² que esta totalmente cubierto de vegetacion.
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it is a coarse-grained igneous rock, with a mesocratic and porphyritic texture
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Rocas Plutónicas: Ultrabásicas y Básicas
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Clinopyroxenite. Clasificación de rocas ígneas faneríticas IUGS. GABRO. Roca ígnea básica de grano grueso compuesta por plagioclasa rica en calcio (Ca), ...
https://www.u-cursos.cl/ingenieria/2007/2/GL41C/1/material_d... - Similar pages
he elements calcium, iron and magnesium increase as we go from left to right. Also notice on the bottom the breakdown of the various columns into felsic (or light colored) rocks on the left, followed by intermediate, mafic (or basic) and ultramafic (or ultrabasic) rocks on the right. Finally at the top are the rock names themselves. These are grouped according to their grain size. Coarse-grained rocks (those with crystals that can be see with the naked eye) are at the top and are usually associated with intrusive rocks. Fine-grained rocks are those where a hand-lens or a microscope is needed to see the grain size. These are generally associated with extrusive igneous rocks.
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Bedrock Geology, Carruthers-Uskik
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Quartz diorite: dark grey, medium-grained mesocratic. Ultramaflc rock: dark greenish grey, medium- to coarse-grained. Mesocratic quartz diorite: dark ...
www.er.gov.sk.ca/adx/aspx/adxGetMedia.aspx?DocID=4419,4403,... - Similar pages
Porphyry (geology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Porphyritic texture in a granite; feldspar phenocrysts are much larger than .... Rhomb porphyry is a volcanic rock with gray-white large porphyritic rhomb ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porphyry_(geology) - 39k - Cached - Similar pag
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I think it should = porfiritica
you have a typo in your text...
porfirítica
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porfirítica. Textura de rocha ígnea com cristais significativamente maiores ( fenocristais) do que os da matriz mais fina ou mesmo vítrea. ...
www.unb.br/ig/glossario/verbete/porfiritica.htm - 1k - Cached - Similar pages
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Well,
so "gabbro" does exist!!
Igneous Rock Page
Igneous rocks form from molten rock which is either ejected at the surface of the earth or cools ... Intrusive rocks include gabbro, diorite, and granite. ...
www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/Science/sciber00/8th/earth/sciber/r... - 11k - Cached - Similar pages
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0(e) Characteristics of Igneous Rocks
Some common mafic igneous rocks include fine grained basalt (see image link) and coarse grained gabbro (see image link). Mafic igneous rocks tend to be dark ...
www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/10e.html - 23k - Cached - Similar pages
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Thank you for the points, I did a lot of work for this :-) :-)
Rocas Plutónicas: Ultrabásicas y Básicas
File Format: Microsoft Powerpoint - View as HTML
Clinopyroxenite. Clasificación de rocas ígneas faneríticas IUGS. GABRO. Roca ígnea básica de grano grueso compuesta por plagioclasa rica en calcio (Ca), ...
https://www.u-cursos.cl/ingenieria/2007/2/GL41C/1/material_d... - Similar pages
he elements calcium, iron and magnesium increase as we go from left to right. Also notice on the bottom the breakdown of the various columns into felsic (or light colored) rocks on the left, followed by intermediate, mafic (or basic) and ultramafic (or ultrabasic) rocks on the right. Finally at the top are the rock names themselves. These are grouped according to their grain size. Coarse-grained rocks (those with crystals that can be see with the naked eye) are at the top and are usually associated with intrusive rocks. Fine-grained rocks are those where a hand-lens or a microscope is needed to see the grain size. These are generally associated with extrusive igneous rocks.
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Bedrock Geology, Carruthers-Uskik
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Quartz diorite: dark grey, medium-grained mesocratic. Ultramaflc rock: dark greenish grey, medium- to coarse-grained. Mesocratic quartz diorite: dark ...
www.er.gov.sk.ca/adx/aspx/adxGetMedia.aspx?DocID=4419,4403,... - Similar pages
Porphyry (geology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Porphyritic texture in a granite; feldspar phenocrysts are much larger than .... Rhomb porphyry is a volcanic rock with gray-white large porphyritic rhomb ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porphyry_(geology) - 39k - Cached - Similar pag
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I think it should = porfiritica
you have a typo in your text...
porfirítica
- [ Translate this page ]
porfirítica. Textura de rocha ígnea com cristais significativamente maiores ( fenocristais) do que os da matriz mais fina ou mesmo vítrea. ...
www.unb.br/ig/glossario/verbete/porfiritica.htm - 1k - Cached - Similar pages
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Note added at 15 mins (2008-11-19 19:04:34 GMT)
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Well,
so "gabbro" does exist!!
Igneous Rock Page
Igneous rocks form from molten rock which is either ejected at the surface of the earth or cools ... Intrusive rocks include gabbro, diorite, and granite. ...
www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/Science/sciber00/8th/earth/sciber/r... - 11k - Cached - Similar pages
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Note added at 15 mins (2008-11-19 19:05:13 GMT)
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0(e) Characteristics of Igneous Rocks
Some common mafic igneous rocks include fine grained basalt (see image link) and coarse grained gabbro (see image link). Mafic igneous rocks tend to be dark ...
www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/10e.html - 23k - Cached - Similar pages
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Thank you for the points, I did a lot of work for this :-) :-)
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coarse-grained gabbro, with mesocratic shade and porphyritic texture/structure
Esto sirve de comienzo ya que creo que por aquí van los tiros. A ver si alguien atina mejor. Saludos
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Gabbro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - [ Traducir esta página ]Gabbro is generally coarse grained, with crystals in the size range of 1 mm or greater. Finer grained equivalents of gabbro are called diabase, although the ...
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Figure F8. Close-up photograph of medium- to coarse-grained gabbro ... - [ Traducir esta página ]Close-up photograph of medium- to coarse-grained gabbro in flat and sharp contact with very fine grained gabbro (interval 209-1275B-21R-1 [Piece 1A, ...
www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/209_IR/chap_10/c10_f8.htm - 2k - En caché - Páginas similares
Figure F7. Close-up photograph of coarse-grained oxide gabbro in ... - [ Traducir esta página ]Close-up photograph of coarse-grained oxide gabbro in contact with fine-grained gabbro (interval 209-1275B-18R-3 [Piece 3, 7–18 cm]).
www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/209_IR/chap_10/c10_f7.htm - 2k - En caché - Páginas similares
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gabbro: Definition from Answers.com - [ Traducir esta página ]gabbro n. , pl. -bros . A usually coarse-grained igneous rock composed ... Gabbro is generally coarse grained, with crystals in the size range of 1 mm or ...
www.answers.com/topic/gabbro - 67k - En caché - Páginas similares
[PDF] MACRORYTHMIC GABBRO TO GRANITE CYCLES OF CLAM COVE VINALHAVEN ... - [ Traducir esta página ]Formato de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Versión en HTML
is comprised of coarse-grained gabbro. Moving upsection the rocks become dioritic, ... grained gabbro again grades upward into coarse- ...
keckgeology.org/files/pdf/symvol/20th/coastalmaine/cuba.pdf - Páginas similares
de N CUBA
Gabbro - Facts, Encyclopedia article, and Discussion forum - [ Traducir esta página ]Gabbro is a dark, coarse-grained, intrusive igneous rock Igneous rock ... Gabbro is generally coarse grained, with crystals in the size range of 1 mm or ...
www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Gabbro - 38k - En caché - Páginas similares
Gabbros: Coarse-Grained Mafic Rocks - [ Traducir esta página ]This gabbro has a lot of coarse, dark pyroxene crystals in it. There is also a lot of plagioclase, but it is tough to spot because it is also quite dark. ...
www.pitt.edu/~cejones/GeoImages/2IgneousRocks/IgneousCompos... - 6k - En caché - Páginas similares
gabbro - definition of gabbro by the Free Online Dictionary ... - [ Traducir esta página ]A usually dark, coarse-grained igneous rock composed mostly of plagioclase feldspar and clinopyroxene, and sometimes olivine. Gabbro is the coarse-grained ...
www.thefreedictionary.com/gabbro - 32k - En caché - Páginas similares
Gabbro - LoveToKnow 1911 - [ Traducir esta página ]GABBRO, in petrology, a group of plutonic basic rocks, holocrystalline and usually rather coarse-grained
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Perdón... quítale el "shade" que ya he puesto "texture/structure"
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Note added at 14 minutos (2008-11-19 19:03:35 GMT)
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Gabbro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - [ Traducir esta página ]Gabbro is generally coarse grained, with crystals in the size range of 1 mm or greater. Finer grained equivalents of gabbro are called diabase, although the ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabbro - 31k - En caché - Páginas similares
Figure F8. Close-up photograph of medium- to coarse-grained gabbro ... - [ Traducir esta página ]Close-up photograph of medium- to coarse-grained gabbro in flat and sharp contact with very fine grained gabbro (interval 209-1275B-21R-1 [Piece 1A, ...
www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/209_IR/chap_10/c10_f8.htm - 2k - En caché - Páginas similares
Figure F7. Close-up photograph of coarse-grained oxide gabbro in ... - [ Traducir esta página ]Close-up photograph of coarse-grained oxide gabbro in contact with fine-grained gabbro (interval 209-1275B-18R-3 [Piece 3, 7–18 cm]).
www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/209_IR/chap_10/c10_f7.htm - 2k - En caché - Páginas similares
Más resultados de www-odp.tamu.edu »
gabbro: Definition from Answers.com - [ Traducir esta página ]gabbro n. , pl. -bros . A usually coarse-grained igneous rock composed ... Gabbro is generally coarse grained, with crystals in the size range of 1 mm or ...
www.answers.com/topic/gabbro - 67k - En caché - Páginas similares
[PDF] MACRORYTHMIC GABBRO TO GRANITE CYCLES OF CLAM COVE VINALHAVEN ... - [ Traducir esta página ]Formato de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Versión en HTML
is comprised of coarse-grained gabbro. Moving upsection the rocks become dioritic, ... grained gabbro again grades upward into coarse- ...
keckgeology.org/files/pdf/symvol/20th/coastalmaine/cuba.pdf - Páginas similares
de N CUBA
Gabbro - Facts, Encyclopedia article, and Discussion forum - [ Traducir esta página ]Gabbro is a dark, coarse-grained, intrusive igneous rock Igneous rock ... Gabbro is generally coarse grained, with crystals in the size range of 1 mm or ...
www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Gabbro - 38k - En caché - Páginas similares
Gabbros: Coarse-Grained Mafic Rocks - [ Traducir esta página ]This gabbro has a lot of coarse, dark pyroxene crystals in it. There is also a lot of plagioclase, but it is tough to spot because it is also quite dark. ...
www.pitt.edu/~cejones/GeoImages/2IgneousRocks/IgneousCompos... - 6k - En caché - Páginas similares
gabbro - definition of gabbro by the Free Online Dictionary ... - [ Traducir esta página ]A usually dark, coarse-grained igneous rock composed mostly of plagioclase feldspar and clinopyroxene, and sometimes olivine. Gabbro is the coarse-grained ...
www.thefreedictionary.com/gabbro - 32k - En caché - Páginas similares
Gabbro - LoveToKnow 1911 - [ Traducir esta página ]GABBRO, in petrology, a group of plutonic basic rocks, holocrystalline and usually rather coarse-grained
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Perdón... quítale el "shade" que ya he puesto "texture/structure"
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it is a coarse-grained, mesocratic, porphyritic gabbro
"Tonalidad" is redundant in English as the others are simply adjectives describing the gabbro.
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