vivianiten.
/ˈvɪvɪənʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A phosphate of iron usually occurring in crystals of blue and green colour.
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siderite1784
siderites1794
green iron ore1804
scorodite1823
vivianite1823
dufrenite1837
melanchlor1854
neoctese1854
globosite1868
strengite1881
koninckite1885
phosphosiderite1890
tinticite1946
laubmannite1949
1823 W. Phillips Elem. Introd. Mineral. (ed. 3) 238 Phosphate of Iron, Vivianite,..is of various shades of blue and green, sometimes bluish-green.
1867 C. L. Bloxam Chemistry 324 The phosphates of protoxide and sesquioxide of iron are found associated in the mineral known as vivianite or native Prussian blue.
1884 Times (Weekly ed.) 19 Sept. 3/3 A small gold coin, doubled up, was found within a lump of bone and vivianite.
Derivatives
ˈvivianitized adj. encrusted with vivianite.
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amethystine1670
marcasitical1670
cawky1676
blendy1683
sylvanitic1796
ytter1805
phosphatic1818
pyroxenic1819
hornblendic1823
muriatiferous1823
platiniferous1828
quartziferous1831
hypersthenic1838
schorly1838
uralitic1845
blendous1847
rutilated1849
orthoclase1853
palladiferous1866
peridotic1867
paragonitic1868
vivianitized1870
andesitic1876
tremolitic1880
phosphoriferous1881
kaolinitic1885
saussuritic1885
perthitic1887
strontianiferous1888
radiferous1899
myrmekitic1916
montmorillonitic1939
illitic1949
1870 Illustr. London News 1 Jan. 12/3 Great quantities of vivianitised bones..were found.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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