Amphibole
any of a complex group of hydrous silicate minerals, containing chiefly calcium, magnesium, sodium, iron, and aluminum, and including hornblende, tremolite, asbestos, etc., occurring as important const-tuents of many rocks.
historical examples
both are common alteration products of magnesian silicate minerals such as olivine, pyroxene, and amphibole.
the economic aspect of geology c. k. leith
pargasite, pr′ga-sīt, n. a dark-green crystallised variety of amphibole or hornblende.
chambers’s twentieth century dictionary (part 3 of 4: n-r) various
the fibrous variety of serpentine is the princ-p-l source of asbestos, an amphibole asbestos being less common.
geology william j. miller
noun
any of a large group of minerals consisting of the silicates of calcium, iron, magnesium, sodium, and aluminium, usually in the form of long slender dark-coloured crystals. members of the group, including hornblende, actinolite, and tremolite, are common const-tuents of igneous rocks
amphibole
(ām’fə-bōl’)
any of a large group of usually dark minerals composed of a silicate joined to various metals, such as magnesium, iron, calcium or sodium. amphiboles occur as columnar or fibrous prismatic crystals in igneous and metamorphic rocks. most are monoclinic, but some are orthorhombic. hornblende, actinolite and glaucophane are amphiboles. chemical formula: (mg,fe,ca,na)2-3(mg,fe,al)5(si,al)8o22oh2.
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