Definition:
- (n.) A common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive, generally with fibrous or columnar structure. The color varies from white to gray, green, brown, and black. It is a silicate of magnesium and calcium, with usually aluminium and iron. Some common varieties are tremolite, actinolite, asbestus, edenite, hornblende (the last name being also used as a general term for the whole species). Amphibole is a constituent of many crystalline rocks, as syenite, diorite, most varieties of trachyte, etc. See Hornblende.
Compare amphibole with other words:
amphibole vs. amphiboly
amphibole vs. uralitization
amphibole vs. pargasite
amphibole vs. equivocation
actinolite vs. amphibole
amphibole vs. anthophyllite
amphibole vs. tremolite
amphibole vs. hornblende
aluminum vs. amphibole
aluminium vs. amphibole
amphibole vs. iron
amphibole vs. magnesium
amphibole vs. calcium
amphibole vs. silicate
amphibole vs. hydrated
amphibole vs. granite
amphibian vs. amphibole
amphibole vs. sodium
amphibole vs. pyroxene