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phosphorite Min.|ˈfɒsfəraɪt|
[Named 1796, f. phosphor-us + -ite1.]
A name originally applied by Kirwan to apatite, or native phosphate of lime; now restricted to a non-crystallized variety from Estremadura, Spain, and elsewhere.
1796Kirwan Elem. Min. I. 129 1st Family. Phosphorite, Apatite of Werner. 1854Bushnan in Orr's Circ. Sc., Org. Nat. I. 43 The phosphate of lime exists..under two forms—namely, apatite and phosphorite. 1876Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. xi. 196 The system yields..phosphorite containing 45 to 64 per cent phosphate of lime. 1882Academy 27 May 382/1 Mammalian remains found in the phosphorite deposits of Quercy.
Hence phosphoˈritic a., of, pertaining to, or of the nature of phosphorite.
1858in Mayne. |