Meanings
nounamphibolite (countable and uncountable, plural amphibolites)
plural amphibolites
- countableuncountableAny of a class of metamorphic rocks composed mainly of amphibole with some quartz etc.
At that time, the Gondwana supercontinent was located at the southern part of the Southern Hemisphere, developed amphibolite metamorphism and formed the united crystalline basement at about 510 Ma.
2020, Tianfeng Wan, The Tectonics and Metallogenesis of Asia, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 113
Origin
Translations
Danish amfibolit
- amfibolitmetamorphic rock composed mainly of amphibole
Finnish amfiboliitti
- amfiboliittimetamorphic rock composed mainly of amphibole
Greek αμφιβολίτης
- αμφιβολίτης (amfivolítis)metamorphic rock composed mainly of amphibole
Norwegian Bokmål amfibolitt
- amfibolittmetamorphic rock composed mainly of amphibole
Polish amfibolit
- amfibolitmetamorphic rock composed mainly of amphibole
Portuguese anfibolita
- anfibolitametamorphic rock composed mainly of amphibole
Russian амфиболи́т
- амфиболи́т (amfibolít)metamorphic rock composed mainly of amphibole
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“amphibolite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amphibolite. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
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