C1. attributive. Of hornblende, as hornblende boulder, etc.; containing or having hornblende as a chief constituent, hornblendic, as hornblende basalt, hornblende granite, hornblende porphyry, hornblende syenite.
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1794 R. KirwanElements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 354Hornblende Porphyry.
1862 B. TaylorPoet's Jrnl., 2nd Eve 23 Through hornblende bowlders, where the discus flung.