amphibolite

English

Etymology

From amphibole +‎ -ite.

Noun

amphibolite (plural amphibolites)

1. Any of a class of metamorphic rock composed mainly of amphibole with some quartz etc.

Related terms

• amphibolitic

Translations

metamorphic rock composed mainly of amphibole

• Danish: amfibolit c
• Finnish: amfiboliitti (fi)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: amfibolitt m

  Nynorsk: amfibolitt m

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• Portuguese: anfibolita f
• Russian: амфиболи́т (ru) m (amfibolít)

Further reading

• “amphibolite”, in Mindat.org – Glossary‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.