layered mafic intrusion

C46596
concept

A layered mafic intrusion is a large, sheet-like igneous body composed predominantly of mafic minerals that displays systematic mineralogical and textural layering formed by the fractional crystallization and gravitational settling of minerals from a magma chamber.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
igneous rock formation 3
layered mafic intrusion canonical 1
mafic-ultramafic layered intrusion 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: layered mafic intrusion
Generated description
A layered mafic intrusion is a large, sheet-like igneous body composed predominantly of mafic minerals that displays systematic mineralogical and textural layering formed by the fractional crystallization and gravitational settling of minerals from a magma chamber.

Instances (5)

Instance Via concept surface
Bushveld Igneous Complex
Pilot Knob igneous rock formation
Great Dyke mafic-ultramafic layered intrusion
Ferrar Dolerite igneous rock formation
Hughes Mountain igneous rock formation