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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variety of diabase distinguished by its amygdaloidal structure, the cavities being most frequently filled with calcite. Also called
amyg-daloidal diabase . and by a variety of other names. Seediabase and melaphyre.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun geology a very fine-grained
igneous rock , resembling an alteredbasalt , containingfeldspar together withchlorite ,calcite , andepidote etc
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