What name would you assign to a dense phaneritic green rock having olivine and pyroxene as dominant minerals?
A) gabbro
B) granite
C) diorite
D) peridotite

Name: What name would you assign to a dense phaneritic green rock having olivine and pyroxene as dominant minerals? A) gabbro B) granite C) diorite D) peridotite
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Peridotite is a dense, coarse-grained (phaneritic) igneous rock, consisting mostly of the minerals olivine and pyroxene, which gives it a greenish color.

What Name Would You Assign to a Dense Phaneritic Green