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What is the name for an igneous rock that is coarse-grained, dark gray in color, and contains mostly Ca-rich plagioclase and a lot of ferromagnesian silicates too?
-- Sharon Gabel (gabel@oswego.edu), October 30, 2002
Well sharon, Gabbro consists of lots of feldspares and mafics and is Calcium rich. If it was fine grain it would be basalt and a bit darker.
-- Paul Roddy (paulhope@twcny.rr.com), October 31, 2002.