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- Amphibole (/ˈæmfəboʊl/ AM-fə-bohl) is a group of inosilicate minerals, forming prism or needlelike crystals, composed of double chain SiO 4 tetrahedra...
- in the amphibole group was banned in much of the Western world by the mid-1980s, and in ****an by 1995. Some products that included amphibole types of...
- ****mingtonite (/ˈkʌmɪŋtənaɪt/ KUM-ing-tə-nyte) is a metamorphic amphibole with the chemical composition (Mg,Fe2+ ) 2(Mg,Fe2+ ) 5Si 8O 22(OH) 2, magnesium...
- Amphibolite (/æmˈfɪbəlaɪt/) is a metamorphic rock that contains amphibole, especially hornblende and actinolite, as well as plagioclase feldspar, but...
- quartz and alkali feldspar. Most granitic rocks also contain mica or amphibole minerals, though a few (known as leucogranites) contain almost no dark...
- appearance from the parallel intergrowth of quartz crystals and altered amphibole fibres that have mostly turned into limonite. Tiger iron is an altered...
- but the name is used as a general or field term, to refer to a dark amphibole. Hornblende minerals are common in igneous and metamorphic rocks. The...
- Riebeckite is a sodium-rich member of the amphibole group of silicate minerals, chemical formula Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2. It forms a solid solution...
- southern edge of the range. To the north of these are Ropebreak P****, Amphibole Peak, Mount Baker, Polaris Peak, Mount Roth. Mount Justman and Olliver...
- resorption shape. The reaction rim constituted by amphibole and/or biotite is commonly observed. The amphibole is of high alkali, such as alkaline hornblende...