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Pyroxene vs Hornblende - What's the difference?

pyroxene | hornblende |

As nouns the difference between pyroxene and hornblende

is that pyroxene is any of a group of crystalline minerals containing silicates of iron, magnesium and calcium while hornblende is a green to black amphibole mineral, of complex structure, formed in the late stages of cooling in igneous rock.

pyroxene

English

(wikipedia pyroxene)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (mineralogy) Any of a group of crystalline minerals containing silicates of iron, magnesium and calcium.
  • * 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 10:
    • By the pathside, there are occasional large boulders that shown black crystals the size of a fingernail; these are pyroxene minerals that had time to crystallise out deep within the chamber of liquid rock – or magma – beneath the volcano.

    hornblende

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia hornblende) (-)
  • A green to black amphibole mineral, of complex structure, formed in the late stages of cooling in igneous rock.