uralite

uralite
uralitic /yoor'euh lit"ik/, adj.
/yoor"euh luyt'/, n. Mineral.
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
[1825-35; < G Uralit, named after the URAL Mountains, where found; see -ITE1]

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