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Amphibole vs Xiphonite - What's the difference?

amphibole | xiphonite |

As nouns the difference between amphibole and xiphonite

is that amphibole is (geology) a large group of structurally similar hydrated double silicate minerals, containing various combinations of sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminium/aluminum while xiphonite is (mineralogy|obsolete) a scoriaceous amphibole with yellow crystals.

amphibole

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (geology) A large group of structurally similar hydrated double silicate minerals, containing various combinations of sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminium/aluminum

    • Derived terms

    * amphibolite

    xiphonite

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (mineralogy, obsolete) A scoriaceous amphibole with yellow crystals.
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