sickleriten.
/ˈsɪklərʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A phosphate of lithium, bivalent manganese, and ferric iron, Li(Mn,Fe)(PO4), found as masses of brown orthorhombic crystals.
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1912 W. T. Schaller in Jrnl. Washington Acad. Sci. II. 145 Sicklerite. Named after the Sickler family, formerly of Pala [in San Diego county, California]. Found in cleavable masses..on Hiriart Hill near Pala... Results from the alteration of lithiophilite.
1975 Fortschritte der Mineral. LII. Special Issue 299 A large suite of secondary phosphates including sicklerite,..heterosite and others were derived from the primary minerals by hydrothermal alterations which leached alkali ions from the structures with concomitant oxidation of bivalent iron and manganese.
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