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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)

  1. A green to black amphibole mineral, of complex structure, formed in the late stages of cooling in igneous rock.

Translations


Italian

Noun

hornblende f

  1. plural of hornblenda