winchiten.
/ˈwɪntʃʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A blue or violet monoclinic mineral of the amphibole group, approximately NaCa(Mg,Fe2+)4(Al,Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)3.
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1906 L. L. Fermor in Trans. Mining & Geol. Inst. India I. 79 Winchite..is the name which has been bestowed..upon the blue amphibole... An analysis of this mineral shows it to be closely allied to tremolite in chemical composition.
1980 Canad. Mineralogist XVIII. 101/1 In composition, this asbestos probably ranges from a potassian richterite to a potassian winchite.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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