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Amphibole is a group of minerals commonly found in rocks, with tremolite being one example. These minerals are important to geologists and materials scientists because they help reveal information about how rocks formed and the conditions under which they developed.
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thumb|Amphibole (tremolite)
Amphibole ( ) is a group of inosilicate minerals, forming prism or needlelike crystals, composed of double chain tetrahedra, linked at the vertices and generally containing ions of iron and/or magnesium in their structures. Its IMA symbol is Amp. Amphiboles can be green, black, colorless, white, yellow, blue, or brown. The International Mineralogical Association currently classifies amphiboles as a mineral supergroup, within which are two groups and several subgroups.