magnesiohornblende
/maɡˌniːzɪəʊˈhɔːnblɛnd/Mineralogy
noun
A hornblende belonging to the series Ca2(Mg,Fe+2)4Al(Si7Al)O22(OH,F)2 in which the proportion of magnesium is equal to or greater than that of iron, occurring naturally as green or greenish-black prismatic crystals and in massive form.
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in Mineralogy Magazine. From magnesium + -o- + hornblende.
- hemerocallis
- hemi-
- -hemia
- hemialgia
- hemianopia
- hemianopsia
- hemic
- hemicellulose
- Hemichordata
- hemichordate
- hemicrania
- hemicycle
- hemicylindrical
- hemidemisemiquaver
- hemihedral
- hemihydrate
- hemimetabolic
- hemimetabolous
- hemimorphite
- Hemings, Sally
- Hemingway, Ernest
- hemiola
- hemiparasite
- hemiparesis
- hemipenis