Get to know Amphiboles better with 7 real example sentences, the meaning.
Amphiboles meaning
plural of amphibole
Using Amphiboles
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of amphibole
- In the example corpus, amphiboles often appears in combinations such as: amphiboles are, that amphiboles, the amphiboles.
Context around Amphiboles
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Amphiboles
- In this selection, "amphiboles" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 613, form, contain and distinctively stand out and add context to how "amphiboles" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 612 613 amphiboles have great and amphiboles are also. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "amphiboles" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with amphiboles
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Amphiboles are also specifically less dense than the corresponding pyroxenes. (10 words)
Two-directional cleavage is described as prismatic, and occurs in minerals such as the amphiboles and pyroxenes. (17 words)
The pyroxenes cleave in two directions at approximately 90°, whereas the amphiboles distinctively cleave in two directions separated by approximately 120° and 60°. (23 words)
The chief differences from pyroxenes are that (i) amphiboles contain essential hydroxyl (OH) or halogen (F, Cl) and (ii) the basic structure is a double chain of tetrahedra (as opposed to the single chain structure of pyroxene). (37 words)
Dyar and Gunter pp. 612–613 Amphiboles have great variability in chemistry, described variously as a "mineralogical garbage can" or a "mineralogical shark swimming a sea of elements". (28 words)
In optical characteristics, many amphiboles are distinguished by their stronger pleochroism and by the smaller angle of extinction (Z angle c) on the plane of symmetry. (26 words)
Example sentences (7)
Amphiboles are also specifically less dense than the corresponding pyroxenes.
Dyar and Gunter pp. 612–613 Amphiboles have great variability in chemistry, described variously as a "mineralogical garbage can" or a "mineralogical shark swimming a sea of elements".
In optical characteristics, many amphiboles are distinguished by their stronger pleochroism and by the smaller angle of extinction (Z angle c) on the plane of symmetry.
Most apparent, in hand specimens, is that amphiboles form oblique cleavage planes (at around 120 degrees), whereas pyroxenes have cleavage angles of approximately 90 degrees.
The chief differences from pyroxenes are that (i) amphiboles contain essential hydroxyl (OH) or halogen (F, Cl) and (ii) the basic structure is a double chain of tetrahedra (as opposed to the single chain structure of pyroxene).
The pyroxenes cleave in two directions at approximately 90°, whereas the amphiboles distinctively cleave in two directions separated by approximately 120° and 60°.
Two-directional cleavage is described as prismatic, and occurs in minerals such as the amphiboles and pyroxenes.
Common combinations with amphiboles
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: