Min. [f. FASCICULE + -ITE.] Tufted fibrous hornblende.
1823. Hitchcock, in Amer. Jrnl. Sc., VI. 226. So … striking an instance do these exhibit of the fascicular structure of minerals that I … have denominated them Fasciculite.
1884. Dana, Min., 240. The fasciculite of Hitchcock is merely this tufted hornblende.
