hornblende schist
noun Petrography.
a variety of schist containing needles of hornblende that lie in parallel planes.
Origin of hornblende schist
First recorded in 1815–25
Words nearby hornblende schist
horn-spread,
hornbag,
hornbeam,
hornbill,
hornblende,
hornblende schist,
hornbook,
hornby,
horne,
horned,
horned cucumber
Example sentences from the Web for hornblende schist
Many outcrops of similar rocks have been traced in the northern zones of the Alps, often with serpentine and hornblende-schist.
This killas is converted into hornblende-schist near the contact with the veins.
A Manual of Elementary Geology |Charles Lyell.The term is to some extent synonymous with “amphibolite” and “hornblende-schist.”