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Hornblendite

LC control no.sh2002004446
LC classificationQE462.H67
Topical headingHornblendite
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See alsoIgneous rocks
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Found inWork cat.: 2001463780: Hornblendites and diorites of the DitroĢ Syenite Massif, 2000.
GeoRef (hornblendite; BT: ultramafics; plutonic rocks; igneous rocks)
Gloss. geol. (hornblendite: (a) in the IUGS classification, a plutonic rock with M equal to or greater than 90 and hbl/(hbl+px+ol) greater than 90; (b) an igneous rock composed almost entirely of horneblende. Sometimes equated incorrectly by some authors with the metamorphic rock amphibolite)