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amphibolite

high crystallinity rock; It also has crystalline shale and massive metamorphic rocks
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amphibolite

Summary

amphibolite ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (336 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • amphibolite is a type of metamorphic rock[2].
  • amphibolite's Commons category is recorded as Amphibolite[3].
  • amphibolite's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[4].
  • amphibolite's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[5].
  • amphibolite's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[6].
  • amphibolite's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[7].

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Definition and Type

amphibolite is a type of metamorphic rock[2].

Influence

Things named for amphibolite include Amphibole Peak[8], a mountain[9].

Why It Matters

amphibolite ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (336 views/month).[1] amphibolite has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] amphibolite is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Entities named for amphibolite include Amphibole Peak[8], a mountain[9].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [9] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · O Breixo · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Enciclopedia galega universal id → 74918
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P13613]]: 74918"
  2. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → metamorphic rock
    Subclass of → —
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 1819413
    Aliases → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007294061505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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