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A name originally given by the Italians to a kind of serpentine, later to the rock called euphotide, and now generally used for a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock consisting of lamellar pyroxene (diallage) and labrador…

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  1. n. A name originally given by the Italians to a kind of serpentine, later to the rock called euphotide, and now generally used for a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock consisting of lamellar pyroxene (diallage) and labradorite, with sometimes chrysolite (olivine gabbro).
  2. n. one of a family of granular intrusive rocks
  3. A name originally given by the Italians to a kind of serpentine, later to the rock called euphotide, and now generally used for a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock consisting of lamellar pyroxene (diallage) and labradorite, with sometimes chrysolite (olivine gabbro).
  4. A name originally given by the Italians to a kind ofserpentine, later to the rock called euphotide, and now generallyused for a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock consisting of lamellarpyroxene (diallage) and labradorite, with sometimes chrysolite(olivine gabbro).
  5. n one of a family of granular intrusive rocks