Usually means: Metamorphic rock, mainly hornblende, plagioclase.
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  8. amphibolite: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (amphibolite)

▸ noun:  Any of a class of metamorphic rocks composed mainly of amphibole with some quartz etc.

Similar:
ampholite, orthoamphibolite, ortho-amphibolite, amphibole, clinoamphibole, amphibolitization, amphigene, metabasalt, anthophyllite, anyolite, more...

Opposite:
sedimentary rock.

Types:
hornblende, biotite, plagioclase, quartz, feldspar, amphibole, pyroxene, more...

Phrases:
amphibolite facies, more...

Adjectives:
garnet, upper, grained, massive, schistose, epidote, lower, bearing, dark, foliated, black

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Similar:
ampholite, orthoamphibolite, ortho-amphibolite, amphibole, clinoamphibole, amphibolitization, amphigene, metabasalt, anthophyllite, anyolite, more...

Opposite:
sedimentary rock.

Types:
hornblende, biotite, plagioclase, quartz, feldspar, amphibole, pyroxene, more...

Phrases:
amphibolite facies, more...

Adjectives:
garnet, upper, grained, massive, schistose, epidote, lower, bearing, dark, foliated, black



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