Diabase is a fine-grained igneous rock which is composed mostly of pyroxene and feldspar 0
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Durable Rock, Hard Rock 0
Fine Grained Rock, Medium Grained Rock, Opaque Rock 0
Countertops, Decorative Aggregates, Homes, Interior Decoration, Kitchens 0
As Building Stone, As Facing Stone, Paving Stone, Garden Decoration, Office Buildings 0
As Dimension Stone, Building houses or walls, Cement Manufacture, Construction Aggregate, for Road Aggregate 0
Artifacts, Monuments, Sculpture, Small Figurines 0
An Oil and Gas Reservoir, Cemetery Markers, Commemorative Tablets, Laboratory bench tops, Jewelry, Sea Defence, Tombstones 0
Archaeological Significance
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Stonehenge in English county of Wiltshire 0
Diabase forms when molten igneous rock is squeezed up into a vertical crack in other rocks, the crack is usually forced apart and the molten rock cools in the space to form a tabular igneous intrusion cutting across the surrounding rocks and is known as a dike. 0
Augite, Chlorite, Olivine, Plagioclase, Pyroxene, Pyrrhotite, Serpentine 0
Aluminium Oxide, CaO, Chromium(III) Oxide, Iron(III) Oxide, Potassium Oxide, MgO, Sodium Oxide, Silicon Dioxide, Sulfur Trioxide 0
Burial Metamorphism, Cataclastic Metamorphism, Contact Metamorphism, Regional Metamorphism 0
Biological Weathering, Chemical Weathering 0
Chemical Erosion, Coastal Erosion, Water Erosion 0
Heat Resistant, Impact Resistant, Pressure Resistant, Wear Resistant 0
Deposits in Eastern Continents
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Germany, Greece, Italy, Scotland, Turkey 0
Deposits in Western Continents
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Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela 0
Deposits in Oceania Continent
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Central Australia, New Zealand, Queensland, Western Australia 0