amphibolite

From amphibole +‎ -ite.

• IPA^(key): /æmˈfɪb.əˌlaɪt/

amphibolite (plural amphibolites)

1. Any of a class of metamorphic rock composed mainly of amphibole with some quartz etc.
   • 2020, Tianfeng Wan, The Tectonics and Metallogenesis of Asia, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 113:

     At that time, the Gondwana supercontinent was located at the southern part of the Southern Hemisphere, developed amphibolite metamorphism and formed the united crystalline basement at about 510 Ma.

• orthoamphibolite

• amphibolitic

• “amphibolite”, in Mindat.org – Glossary‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.