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  2. Gabbro - Wikipedia

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    A gabbroid typically has over 35% mafic minerals, mostly pyroxenes or olivine, while a dioritoid typically has less than 35% mafic minerals, which typically includes hornblende. [11] Gabbroids form a family of rock types similar to gabbro, such as monzogabbro, quartz gabbro, or nepheline-bearing gabbro. Gabbro itself is more narrowly defined ...

  3. Baddeleyite - Wikipedia

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    Baddeleyite was first found in Sri Lanka in 1892. It can be found in numerous terrestrial and extraterrestrial rocks. Some of these terrestrial rocks are carbonatite, kimberlite, alkaline syenite, some rocks of layered mafic intrusions, diabase dikes, gabbroid sills and anorthosite. [5]

  4. Gneiss - Wikipedia

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    Gneiss (/ n aɪ s / nice) is a common and widely distributed type of metamorphic rock.It is formed by high-temperature and high-pressure metamorphic processes acting on formations composed of igneous or sedimentary rocks.

  5. Diorite - Wikipedia

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    A dioritoid typically has less than 35% mafic minerals, typically including hornblende, while a gabbroid typically has over 35% mafic minerals, mostly pyroxenes or olivine. [9] The name diorite (from Ancient Greek διορίζειν , "to distinguish") was first applied to the rock by René Just Haüy [ 10 ] on account of its characteristic ...

  6. Geology of Turkmenistan - Wikipedia

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    In the Paleocene and the Eocene, the North Mesotethys Ocean closed, forming the Shachrud-Nishapoor thrusted-folded arc and the Eastern Iran transverse folded system.This led to the incorporation of Turkmenistan, Iran and Afghanistan into the larger Eurasian Plate.

  7. Uterine fibroid - Wikipedia

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    Uterine fibroids, also known as uterine leiomyomas, fibromyoma or fibroids, are benign smooth muscle tumors of the uterus, part of the female reproductive system. [1] Most people [note 1] with fibroids have no symptoms while others may have painful or heavy periods. [1]

  8. Arthropod - Wikipedia

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    Arthropods (/ ˈ ɑːr θ r ə p ɒ d / ARTH-rə-pod) [3] are invertebrates in the phylum Arthropoda.They possess an exoskeleton with a cuticle made of chitin, often mineralised with calcium carbonate, a body with differentiated segments, and paired jointed appendages.

  9. Amyloid - Wikipedia

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    To date, 37 human proteins have been found to form amyloid in pathology and be associated with well-defined diseases. [2] The International Society of Amyloidosis classifies amyloid fibrils and their associated diseases based upon associated proteins (for example ATTR is the group of diseases and associated fibrils formed by TTR). [3]