Re: Welcome
I had forgotten this post and forgot what amosite was... quick trip to wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amosite yields: "...The amosite referred to by Peacock is fibrous actinolite or cummingtonite ."
I've been hanging around FireMonkey so long that my eyes immediately latched onto the latter term. Another click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cummingtonite and I see: "...Cummingtonite was first described in 1824 for an occurrence near Cummington, Massachusetts, hence the name..."
There's a link http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/sillymolecules/sillymols.htm there. It yields: "Cummingtonite
This mineral must have the silliest name of them all! Its official name is magnesium iron silicate hydroxide, and it has the formula (Mg,Fe)7Si8O22(OH)2. It got its name from the locality where it was first found, Cummington, Massachusetts, USA."
Figured I better explain how I came in possession of this knowledge.