amphibolite

NOUN
  1. a metamorphic rock composed chiefly of amphibole and plagioclase
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  • The summits of Grünhorn and Finsteraarhorn are composed of green amphibolite, a very hard rock. Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn, Switzerland
  • These porphyries are pierced by greenstone two or three feet thick, and the granites are intersected by numerous veins of amphibolite Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.
  • The surroundings are low heavily glaciated PreCambrian gneiss and amphibolite rocks extending some 50 km inland to the ice cap with flanking lateral moraines and ice-dammed lakes; also lakelets, glacial striations, roches moutonées, and perched erratics typical of glaciated landscapes. Ilulissat Icefjord, Denmark-Greenland
  • The rugged, steeply sloping mountains are composed of Precambrian amphibolite and gneiss. Ecoregions of North Carolina and South Carolina (EPA)
  • To further muddy the waters introduce the idea of gas fugacity – given constant P and T, greenschist assemblages can be amphibolite simply by increasing O2 fugacity. Hansen and Schmidt: Predicting the Past? « Climate Audit
  • The gold showings on both the RS and Plateau areas are associated with a deca-metric drag-folded sulfurized "silicate iron formation" / "garnet-rich amphibolite" unit. Marketwire - Breaking News Releases
  • Specific rock names that record both the parent rock and its mineralogy are relatively rare, but include eclogite, blueschist, and amphibolite.
  • `I'm running into mica schist and amphibolite, some traces of decomposed shale. CORMORANT
  • These porphyries are pierced by greenstone two or three feet thick, and the granites are intersected by numerous veins of amphibolite Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.
  • The Archaean Baidrag complex, composed of tonalitic gneiss, granulite and amphibolite, with minor marble and quartzite, has been interpreted as a microcontinental block.
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