Color Names

Hornblende

Dark, cooled lava with black mineral.

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Hornblende is a black, close to brown.

It can be described as dark, dim, somber and gloomy.

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Hornblende

Hornblende

Hornblende is a complex inosilicate series of minerals. 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. Hornblende minerals are common in igneous and metamorphic rocks.

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hornblende

Noun

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