| Webster's Online Dictionary |
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| Expression | 1. Granite containing hornblende as well as mica, or, according to some authorities hornblende replacing the mica.[Websters]. | |
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| Hornblende granite | Granite containing hornblende as well as mica, or, according to some authorities hornblende replacing the mica. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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| Hornblende granite | Mining | A felsic plutonic rock, generally adamellite or granodiorite, containing an amphibole (often hornblende) as an essential dark-colored constituent; with decreasing quartz it grades through tonalite into normal diorite. (references) | |
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