hornblende
pronunciation
How to pronounce hornblende in British English:
UK ['hɔ:nblend]
How to pronounce hornblende in American English:
US ['hɔnˌblend]
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- Noun:
- a green to black mineral of the amphibole group; consists of silicates of calcium and sodium and magnesium and iron
Word Origin
- hornblende (n.)
- 1796, from German Hornblende, from horn (see horn (n.)) + blende (see blende). The term "Hornblende" is an old German name for any dark, prismatic crystal found with metallic ores but containing no valuable metal (the word "Blende" indicates "a deceiver") [Herbert Bucksch, "Dictionary Geotechnical Engineering," 1995]
Example
- 1. Preliminary study of apatite exsolution in a hornblende schist from southern sulu area .
- 2. In the further transformation , both biotite and hornblende could be changed into magnetite in the anatexis process .
- 3. Ock , consisting of hornblende , or pyroxene , and feldspar , but neither of them in perceptible grains .