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Webster 1913 Edition
Aphanite
Aph′a-nite
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] invisible;
ἀ
priv. + [GREEK] to appear.] (Min.)
A very compact, dark-colored [GREEK]ock, consisting of hornblende, or pyroxene, and feldspar, but neither of them in perceptible grains.
Webster 1828 Edition
Aphanite
APH'ANITE
,Noun.
In mineralogy, compact amphibole in a particular state.