amphibolite
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The metamorphic rock, amphibolite, is primarily composed of amphibole minerals.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
The lowest pressure conditions produce hornfels facies, while higher pressure creates greenschist, amphibolite, or granulite facies.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
Similarly, a gneiss that originated as basalt and is dominated by amphibole, is an amphibole gneiss or, more accurately, an amphibolite.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
It may be termed hornblende rock, or amphibolite.
From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
They will find a Something there, In a cavern where no sound is, In a room of milky marble Walled with black amphibolite Over-scored with faded words And stained with time!
From Open Water by Stringer, Arthur
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