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amphibole noun. E17.
[French (both senses) from Latin amphibolus ambiguous from Greek amphibolos, from AMPHI- + ballein to throw.]
= AMPHIBOLOGY 1. E-M17.
Mineralogy. Orig., hornblende. Now, any of a large class of silicate and aluminosilicate rock-forming minerals which form fibrous or columnar crystals (they are characterized by a crystal structure based on cross-linked double chains of SiO4 tetrahedra). E19.