Amphiboles

Amphiboles

Table
Amphiboles
name colour lustre Mohs hardness specific gravity
actinolite colourless to gray; darkens with increased Fe through green to black silky; oily 2.9–3.2 2.9–3.2
anthophyllite white, gray, green, or various shades of brown vitreous 5½–6 2.9–3.2
arfvedsonite dark bluish green to greenish black or black vitreous 34460 3–3.5
basaltic hornblende brown to black glassy 34460 3.2–3.3
common hornblende pale to dark green glassy 34460 3–3.4
cummingtonite dark green; brown silky 34460 3.1–3.6
glaucophane gray or lavender-blue vitreous 6 3.1–3.3
richterite brown, yellow, brownish red, pale to dark green vitreous 34460 3–3.4
riebeckite dark blue or black vitreous 5 3–3.4
name habit or form fracture or cleavage refractive indices crystal system
actinolite fibrous massive one perfect cleavage of 56 degrees alpha = 1.600–1.672
beta = 1.614–1.686
gamma = 1.627–1.693 monoclinic
anthophyllite fibrous or lamellar masses; bladed and prismatic crystal aggregates one perfect cleavage of 54 degrees alpha = 1.587–1.642
beta = 1.602–1.655
gamma = 1.613–1.661 orthorhombic
arfvedsonite long prisms; prismatic aggregates one perfect cleavage of 56 degrees alpha = 1.612–1.700
beta = 1.625–1.709
gamma = 1.630–1.710 monoclinic
basaltic hornblende massive one perfect cleavage of 56 degrees alpha = 1.622–1.690
beta = 1.672–1.730
gamma = 1.680–1.760 monoclinic
common hornblende massive one good cleavage of 56 degrees alpha = 1.615–1.705
beta = 1.618–1.714
gamma = 1.632–1.730 monoclinic
cummingtonite fibrous or lamellar massive one good cleavage of 55 degrees alpha = 1.643–1.688
beta = 1.658–1.711
gamma = 1.663–1.731 monoclinic
glaucophane fibrous or columnar massive one good cleavage of 58 degrees alpha = 1.606–1.661
beta = 1.622–1.667
gamma = 1.627–1.670 monoclinic
richterite elongated crystals one perfect cleavage of 56 degrees alpha = 1.605–1.685
beta = 1.618–1.700
gamma = 1.627–1.712 monoclinic
riebeckite longitudinally striated prismatic crystals; fibrous massive one good cleavage of 56 degrees alpha = 1.645–1.701
beta = 1.662–1.711
gamma = 1.668–1.717 monoclinic
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