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Hornblende
Horn′blendeˊ
,Noun.
[G., fr.
horn
horn + blende
blende.] (Min.)
The common black, or dark green or brown, variety of amphibole. (See
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
(Geol.)
, a hornblende rock of schistose structure.
Definition 2024
hornblende
hornblende
English
Noun
hornblende (countable and uncountable, plural hornblendes)
- A green to black amphibole mineral, of complex structure, formed in the late stages of cooling in igneous rock.
Translations
a green to black amphibole mineral
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