orthoamphibolites

A form of orthoamphibolite — 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.

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noun
  1. pluralplural of orthoamphibolite
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