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Related to diabase: anorthosite, dolerite, dunite, pyroxenite

di·a·base

(dī′ə-bās′)
n.
A dark-gray to black, fine-textured igneous rock composed mainly of feldspar and pyroxene and used for monuments and as crushed stone.

[From French diabase, originally meaning "diorite," (now "basalt or gabbro lightly modified by metamorphism"), coined by French mineralogist Alexandre Brongniart (1770-1847), probably from Greek diabasis, a crossing over (from diabainein, to pass through or over; see diabetes; the rock being so called because it is often found as intrusive sills and dikes in other rocks), or perhaps an alteration of an intended French *dibase (di-, two, from Greek di-; see di-1 + base, basis, from Old French; see base1; the rock being so called in reference to feldspar and amphibole, two important constituent minerals of diorite).]
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diabase

(ˈdaɪəˌbeɪs)
n
1. (Geological Science) Brit an altered dolerite
2. (Geological Science) US another name for dolerite
[C19: from French, from Greek diabasis a crossing over, from diabainein to cross over, from dia- + bainein to go]
ˌdiaˈbasic adj
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di•a•base

(ˈdaɪ əˌbeɪs)

n.
a fine-grained gabbro occurring as minor intrusions.
[1830–40; < French, =dia- (error for di- two) + base base1]
di`a•ba′sic, adj.
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It is massive and is mainly comprised of pebbles and boulders of limestone, quartzite, porphyritic rocks, sandstone, gneiss, schist, diabase, etc.
In which [[alpha].sub.E] depends on the source of the aggregate, and [f.sub.ck] and Eci in megapascals (MPa): [[alpha].sub.E] = 1.2 for basalt and diabase; [[alpha].sub.E] = 1.0 for granite and gneiss; [[alpha].sub.E] = 0.9 for limestone; [[alpha].sub.E] = 0.7 for sandstone.
Therefore, we approximated the RM composition to be a diabase. Composition of the plagioclases ranged widely depending on the petrology of the sill sector and also varied from the periphery to the center of each crystal.
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