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winchite Min.|ˈwɪntʃaɪt| [f. the name of H. J. Winch + -ite1.] A blue or violet monoclinic mineral of the amphibole group, approximately NaCa(Mg,Fe2+)4(Al,Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)3.
1906L. 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. 1980Canad. Mineralogist XVIII. 101/1 In composition, this asbestos probably ranges from a potassian richterite to a potassian winchite. |