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metadiabase
A contraction of metamorphic diabase, suggested by Dana for certain rocks simulating diabase, but which were possibly produced by the metamorphism of sedimentary rocks. Compare: metadiorite.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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