Word Meanings - HORNBLENDE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The common black, or dark green or brown, variety of amphibole. It belongs to the aluminous division of the species, and is also characterized by its containing considerable iron. Also used as a general term to include the whole species. Hornblende

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The common black, or dark green or brown, variety of amphibole. It belongs to the aluminous division of the species, and is also characterized by its containing considerable iron. Also used as a general term to include the whole species. Hornblende schist , a hornblende rock of schistose structure.

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