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whitmoreite Min.|ˈhwɪtmɒraɪt|
[f. the name of Robert W. Whitmore (b. 1936), U.S. mineral collector + -ite1.]
A secondary hydrated basic phosphate of ferric and ferrous iron, Fe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2.4H2O, found as twinned monoclinic crystals of a brownish colour.
1974P. B. Moore et al. in Amer. Mineralogist LIX. 900/2 Whitmoreite occurs as thin acicular crystals five to ten times as long as they are thick, which range from 0·1 to 2 mm in length. 1979Mineral. Abstr. XXX. 450/1 The occurrence and parageneses of the following newly recognized secondary phosphates in the pegmatite of Hagendorf, West Germany, are recorded: whitmoreite, schoonerite, [etc.]. |