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  1. 1. n. A basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous rock, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and pyroxene with magnetic iron; -- often limited to rocks pretertiary in age. It includes part of what was early called greenstone. Source: opted
  2. 2. A basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous rock, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and pyroxene with magnetic iron; -- often limited to rocks pretertiary in age. It includes part of what was early called greenstone. Source: webster
  3. 3. A basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous rock,consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and pyroxene withmagnetic iron; -- often limited to rocks pretertiary in age. Itincludes part of what was early called greenstone. Source: adambom
  4. 4. n. A basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous rock, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and pyroxene with magnetic iron; -- often limited to rocks pretertiary in age. It includes part of what was early called greenstone. Source: ecdict

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