vauxiten.
/ˈvɔːksʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A secondary mineral that is a hydrated basic phosphate of aluminium and ferrous iron, Fe2+2Al2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O, and occurs as blue, transparent triclinic crystals, usually in association with paravauxite and wavellite.
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1922 S. G. Gordon in Science 14 July 50/1 Preliminary notes on vauxite and paravauxite. Among the mineral specimens collected on the Vaux-Academy Andean expedition of 1921 are two that have proved to be new.
1944 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 96 339 Vauxite, paravauxite, metavauxite, and childrenite are secondary phosphates, derived from solution of apatite by supergene waters, and deposited usually upon wavellite.
1974 Amer. Mineralogist 59 843 Montgomeryite, Ca4Mg(H2O)12[Al4(OH)4(PO4)6],..possesses chains of corner~linked Al–O octahedra which are topologically and geometrically equivalent to the chains in vauxite.
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