Definitions for amphibole

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amphibole am·phi·bole

Spelling: [am-fuh-bohl]

IPA: /ˈæm fəˌboʊl/

Amphibole is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 474 anagrams from letters in amphibole (abehilmop).

Definitions for amphibole

noun

1. any of a complex group of hydrous silicate minerals, containing chiefly calcium, magnesium, sodium, iron, and aluminum, and including hornblende, tremolite, asbestos, etc., occurring as important constituents of many rocks.

Origin of amphibole

1600-10; French Late Latin amphibolus amphibolous

Examples for amphibole

Pargasite, pr′ga-sīt, n. a dark-green crystallised variety of amphibole or hornblende.

Both are common alteration products of magnesian silicate minerals such as olivine, pyroxene, and amphibole.

The fibrous variety of serpentine is the principal source of asbestos, an amphibole asbestos being less common.