amphibole

/am-fuh-bohl/US // ˈæm fəˌboʊl //UK // (ˈæmfɪˌbəʊl) //

闪石,两栖动物,两栖类化合物,两栖类

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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Mineralogy.
- : 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.

Pargasite, pr′ga-sīt, n. a dark-green crystallised variety of amphibole or hornblende.
The fibrous variety of serpentine is the principal source of asbestos, an amphibole asbestos being less common.
Byssolite or asbestoid is a blue or green fibrous amphibole from Dauphiny.
The reddish amphibole-granite of Syn, which was taken for all the Egyptian obelisks.
It is really the amphibole-granite, but is commonly called Syenite from the name of the place where it is found.