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A very compact, dark-colored /ock, consisting of hornblende, or pyroxene, and feldspar, but neither of them in perceptible grains.
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- n. A very compact, dark-colored /ock, consisting of hornblende, or pyroxene, and feldspar, but neither of them in perceptible grains.
- n. fine-grained homogeneous rock (such as basalt) containing minerals undetectable by the naked eye
- A very compact, dark-colored
- n fine-grained homogeneous rock (such as basalt) containing minerals undetectable by the naked eye