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Gabbro
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Essexite which is also known as nepheline monzogabbro, is a dark gray or black holocrystalline plutonic Iigneous Rock
USA
Unknown
From the locality in Essex County, Massachusetts,US
Igneous Rocks
Durable Rock, Hard Rock
Plutonic
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
 
Gabbro is an intrusive igneous rock which is chemically equivalent to plutonic Basalt
Germany
Christian Leopold von Buch
From Latin glaber bare, smooth, bald
Igneous Rocks
Durable Rock, Hard Rock
Plutonic
Coarse Grained Rock, Opaque Rock