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From ortho- + amphibolite.
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Today it means: Metamorphic rock composed mostly of amphibole, plagioclase, with lesser amounts of epidote, zoisite, chlorite, quartz, titanite, and accessory leucoxene, ilmenite and magnetite derived from an igneous rock. Full definition →
From ortho- + amphibolite.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.