State | Connecticut |
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Name | Preston Gabbro |
Geologic age | Middle Ordovician or older |
Lithologic constituents | Major
Igneous > Plutonic > Gabbroic > GabbroDark, medium- to coarse-grained, mainly massive gabbro, composed of labradorite, augite, and opaques, generally with hornblende, locally hypersthene, or olivine or both.
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Comments | Part of Eastern Uplands; Iapetus (Oceanic) Terrane - Merrimack Synclinorium |
References | Rodgers, John, compiler, 1985, Bedrock Geological Map of Connecticut: Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey, Hartford, Connecticut, 2 sheets, scale 1:125,000. |
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Counties | New London - Windham |