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stercorite Min.|ˈstɜːkəraɪt| [f. L. stercorāre to manure with dung, f. stercus dung + -ite1.] A hydrated acid phosphate of sodium and ammonium, Na(NH4)HPO4.4H2O, occurring as colourless triclinic crystals; microcosmic salt.
1850T. J. Herapath in Q. Jrnl. Chem. Soc. II. 73 This being the first instance in which the ammonio-phosphate of soda has been met with as a natural production, I propose to class it amongst our minerals under the name of ‘Stercorite’. 1975Mineral. Abstr. XXVI. 125/2 The X-ray powder data of stercorite from Chincha Islands, Peru, prove that the mineral corresponds with [sic] the synthetic Na(NH4)HPO4.4H2O. |