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What is an amphibolite?

What is an amphibolite? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any of a class of metamorphic rock composed mainly of amphibole with some quartz etc.
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The Archaean Baidrag complex, composed of tonalitic gneiss, granulite and amphibolite, with minor marble and quartzite, has been interpreted as a microcontinental block.
The Moine rocks widely record polyphase deformation and metamorphism up to amphibolite facies.
The Nisk-1 deposit is hosted in an elongated body of serpentinized ultramafic rocks that intrude the BLM paragneiss and amphibolite sequence.
The main lithological units on the property are paragneiss, amphibolite and late granodioritic to granitic intrusions.
A uniform, regionally concordant layer of amphibolite with occasional ultramafic pods, termed the Sta Amphibolite, overlies the Sta Series.
The Burd Gol melange is also the most highly metamorphosed unit locally containing amphibolite grade staurolite and kyanite schists.

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