natrophiliten.
/nəˈtrɒfəlʌɪt/, /nəˈtrɒfl̩ʌɪt/, U.S. /nəˈtrɑfəˌlaɪt/ Mineralogy.
A yellow resinous phosphate of manganese and sodium, NaMnPO4, crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.
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1890 G. J. Brush & E. S. Dana in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 139 204 Another new member of the triphylite group, a sodium-manganese phosphate, which we shall call natrophilite.
1955 Science 25 Feb. 312 No new data have been obtained for natrophilite.
1972 Amer. Mineralogist 57 1342 Natrophilite is a Na-metasomatic exchange product of lithiophilite.
1981 Rocks & Minerals 56 69/1 The Branchville quarry is particularly famous for the number of phosphate minerals that were first identified from it... Fillowite and natrophilite have thus far not been found elsewhere.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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