cacoxenite
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad”) + ξένος (xénos, “guest”) because the phosphorous content of cacoxenite lessens the quality of iron smelted from ore containing it.
Noun
[edit]cacoxenite
- (inorganic chemistry, mineralogy) A soft phosphate of iron occurring in yellowish clumps: hydrated iron aluminum phosphate oxide: (Fe,Al)25(PO4)17O6(OH)12·17H2O.
Further reading
[edit]- Cacoxenite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Cacoxenite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “cacoxenite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
- Cacoxenite fact page