hornblendicadj.
/hɔːnˈblɛndɪk/ Mineralogy.
Of the nature of hornblende; containing hornblende; hornblendic rock n., hornblendic schist n., hornblendic slate n. = hornblende rock, etc.: see hornblende n. Compounds 1.
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amethystine1670
marcasitical1670
cawky1676
blendy1683
sylvanitic1796
ytter1805
phosphatic1818
pyroxenic1819
hornblendic1823
muriatiferous1823
platiniferous1828
quartziferous1831
hypersthenic1838
schorly1838
uralitic1845
blendous1847
rutilated1849
orthoclase1853
palladiferous1866
peridotic1867
paragonitic1868
vivianitized1870
andesitic1876
tremolitic1880
phosphoriferous1881
kaolinitic1885
saussuritic1885
perthitic1887
strontianiferous1888
radiferous1899
myrmekitic1916
montmorillonitic1939
illitic1949
the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > amphibole (double chain) > [adjective] > hornblende
hornblendic1823
tschermakitic1963
kaersutitic1968
1823 W. Scoresby Jrnl. Voy. Northern Whale-fishery 233 I obtained specimens of rocks..hornblendic mica-slate.
1858 A. Geikie Story of Boulder xii. 239 Mineralogically they are..hornblendic, when the augite is replaced by hornblende.
1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands i. vi. 126 Quarries of remarkably fine, tough hornblendic granite.
1865 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times iii. 64 At the hornblendic extreme of the trap rocks we find the basalt, of which also celts were made.
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