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Definition of Amphiboles
1. amphibole [n] - See also: amphibole
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amphiboles
Literary usage of Amphiboles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1822)
"He found that the pure amphiboles are composed of 1 atom of trisilicate of lime,
combined with 3 ... The amphiboles often contain other foreign substances. ..."
2. Bulletin of the Department of Geology by Andrew C Lawson, University of California (1868-1952 (1906)
"PAGE Introduction I. amphiboles of the Glaucophane Schists 361 ... Recent researches
on the amphiboles have shown quite clearly ..."
3. Minerals and Rocks: The Elements of Mineralogy and Lithology for the Use of by William Shirley Bayley (1915)
"PYROXENES AND amphiboles The pyroxenes and amphiboles comprise a large group of
complex ... The amphiboles are distinguished by having a prismatic cleavage ..."
4. A Treatise on Metamorphism by Charles Richard Van Hise (1904)
"The monoclinic amphiboles include the following rock-making minerals: i KI ...
The amphiboles develop extensively as secondary minerals, and especially is ..."
5. Mineralogy: An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Minerals by Sir Henry A Miers, Henry A[lexander] Miers (1902)
"... to the type R"SiO3; like the pyroxenes, they form many isomorphous mixtures,
and belong to the same three systems. MONOCLINIC amphiboles Tremolite. ..."
6. Descriptive Mineralogy by William Shirley Bayley (1917)
"All the monoclinic amphiboles crystallize with the same habit in crystals that are
... The amphiboles are distinguished from other minerals by their ..."
7. Microscopical Physiography of the Rock-making Minerals: An Aid to the by Harry Rosenbusch (1889)
"All amphiboles, which are not colorless, possess a distinct ... Faintly green
amphiboles with little pleochroism may often be permanently colored intensely ..."
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