tinticiten.
/ˈtɪntɪkʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A hydrated basic ferric phosphate, Fe6(PO4)4(OH)6.7H2O, found as whitish masses of submicroscopic crystals.
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1946 B. Stringham in Amer. Mineralogist 31 395 A creamy white clay-like substance with unusual optical and chemical properties was found as a wall coating in a limestone cave near the Tintic Standard Mine in the Tintic Mining District, Utah. The chemical analysis and x-ray comparative data shows the mineral to be new and is here named tinticite.
1967 Virginia Jrnl. Sci. 18 189/2 Secondary minerals, formed primarily by weathering processes, include aragonite..rozenite..and tinticite.
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