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newberyite Min.|ˈnjuːbərɪaɪt|
[ad. G. newberyit (G. vom Rath (at the suggestion of G. Ulrich) 1879, in Sitzungsber. der niederrhein. Ges. in Bonn XXXVI. 8), f. the name of J. Cosmo Newbery (19th-cent. Australian mineralogist) + -it -ite1.]
A hydrated magnesium acid phosphate, MgH(PO4).3H2O, which is found as colourless orthorhombic crystals.
1879Mineral. Mag. III. 108 Newberyite... Found at Skipton Caves, Victoria, with Hannayite. 1928Amer. Mineralogist XIII. 397 (heading) Newberyite and other phosphates from Ascension Island. 1957Mineral. Mag. XIII. 190 Newberyite, together with pyrrhotine and vivianite, was found in cracks of mammoth tusk buried in clay. 1966Amer. Mineralogist LI. 1764 Subsequent submergence and removal of the source of ammonia permitted the replacement of struvite by newberyite in a subaqueous environment. |