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Hornfels vs. Hornblende — What's the Difference?

Hornfels vs. Hornblende — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Hornfels and Hornblende

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Hornfels

Hornfels is the group name for a set of contact metamorphic rocks that have been baked and hardened by the heat of intrusive igneous masses and have been rendered massive, hard, splintery, and in some cases exceedingly tough and durable. These properties are due to fine grained non-aligned crystals with platy or prismatic habits, characteristic of metamorphism at high temperature but without accompanying deformation.

Hornblende

Hornblende is a complex inosilicate series of minerals (ferrohornblende – magnesiohornblende). It is not a recognized mineral in its own right, but the name is used as a general or field term, to refer to a dark amphibole.

Hornfels

A fine-grained metamorphic rock composed of quartz, feldspar, mica, and other minerals, formed by the metamorphism of sedimentary rocks from heat associated with magma.

Hornblende

The most common mineral in the amphibole group, CaNa(Mg,Fe)4(Al,Fe,Ti)3Si6O22(OH,F)2 commonly green to black, found in igneous and metamorphic rocks.

Hornfels

Any of a series of contact metamorphic rocks that have been baked and indurated by the heat of intrusive igneous masses and rendered massive, hard, splintery, and in some cases exceedingly tough and durable.
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Hornblende

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

Hornfels

A fine-grained metamorphic rock formed by the action of heat on clay rocks

Hornblende

The common black, or dark green or brown, variety of amphibole. (See Amphibole.) It belongs to the aluminous division of the species, and is also characterized by its containing considerable iron. Also used as a general term to include the whole species.

Hornblende

A green to black mineral of the amphibole group; consists of silicates of calcium and sodium and magnesium and iron

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