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əbeɪs/) or dolerite or microgabbro is a mafic, holocrystalline, subvolcanic rock equivalent to volcanic basalt or plutonic gabbro.

The range is mainly composed of dolerite and features evidence of past glaciation.

include diabase (also known as dolerite) and porphyry.

Common examples of subvolcanic rocks are diabase, quartz-dolerite, micro-granite and diorite.

the Furneaux Group, is a 313-hectare (770-acre) unpopulated granite and dolerite island, located in Bass Strait, lying north-west of the Cape Barren Island.

Boxen Island is a flat dolerite island, with an area of 7 ha, in south-eastern Australia.

Island, part of the Sister Islands Conservation Area, is a granite and dolerite island, with an area of 545 hectares (2.

Island, part of the Sister Islands Conservation Area, is a granite and dolerite island, with an area of 748 hectares (2.

7-acre) dolerite island and game reserve located at the southern entrance to the D'Entrecasteaux.

Beautiful formations in the dolerite outcroppings give the landscape great geological interest.

established in 1965, around 10 km north of downtown between picturesque dolerite rocks.

The plug is made of olivine dolerite and was formed during the Palaeogene period of the Earth's geological history.

The island is formed of Jurassic dolerite.

The Friars are four steep dolerite rocks, with a combined area of about 17 ha (42 acres), in south-eastern Australia.

Furneaux Group, is a 122-hectare (300-acre) granite island with limestone and dolerite outcrops, located in Bass Strait west of Flinders Island, in Tasmania,.

3-acre) unpopulated small, flat dolerite island, located in Bass Strait, lying west of Cape Barren Island, Tasmania.

The Hibbs Pyramid is a pyramidal dolerite island, located in the Indian Ocean, off the south western coast of Tasmania, Australia.

41-hectare (100-acre) unpopulated granite island with limestone outcrops and dolerite dykes, located in the Bass Strait, west of the Flinders Island, in Tasmania.

Like most peaks in the area it is capped with Jurassic dolerite.

157-hectare (390-acre) unpopulated limestone island with granite outcrops and dolerite dykes, located in the Bass Strait, west of the Flinders Island, in Tasmania.