(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:12:08

U"ral*ite (?), n. [So called because first observed in the Ural Mountains.] Min.

Amphibole resulting from the alternation of pyroxene by paramorphism. It is not uncommon in massive eruptive rocks.

 

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