augelite

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English[edit]

Augelite

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek αὐγή (augḗ, “luster”), named in 1868.[1][2]

Noun[edit]

augelite (usually uncountable, plural augelites)

  1. (mineralogy) A mineral with monoclinic crystals of the chemical formula Al2(PO4)(OH)3.

Further reading[edit]

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Augelite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “augelite”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
  1. ^ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997.
  2. ^ James D. Dana: Dana's System of Mineralogy. Volume II, seventh edition, revised by Charles Palache, Harry Berman, and Clifford Frondel. John Wiley & Sons, 1951
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