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a‒Simplified geological map of the Yabulai district and previous data; b‒field outcrops of the Yabulai gabbro; c‒microphotograph of the Yabulai gabbro; d–e‒U-Pb Concordia diagram of zircons from the Yabulai gabbro. Aug-augite; Pl-plagioclase.