uralite

[yoor-uh-lahyt]

noun

Mineralogy.

1. a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.

uralite

/ ˈjʊərəˌlaɪt, ˌjʊərəˈlɪtɪk /

noun

1. an amphibole mineral, similar to hornblende, that replaces pyroxene in some igneous and metamorphic rocks

Other Word Forms

• uralitic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of uralite¹

1825–35; < German Uralit, named after the Ural Mountains, where found; -ite ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of uralite¹

C19: from the _{Ural Mountains} where it was first found + _-ite ¹

Example Sentences

“So are you closer to a Siberian or a Uralite?” she asked.

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Uralite, ū′ral-īt, n. a mineral with the crystalline form of augite and the cleavage and specific gravity of hornblende.—adj.

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Various preparations of asbestos with other materials pass in trade under such names as uralite, salamandrite, asbestolith, gypsine, &c.

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Hornblende, mostly of pale green colours and somewhat fibrous habit, is very frequent in diabase; it is in most cases secondary after pyroxene, and is then known as uralite; often it forms pseudomorphs which retain the shape of the original augite.

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Their olivine tends to become serpentinized; their augite changes to chlorite and uralite; their felspars are clouded by formation of zeolites, calcite, sericite and epidote.

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