A brittle, whitish or colourless mineral of the triclinic crystal system, consisting of a hydrated basic phosphate of ferrous iron and aluminium and usually occurring as a secondary mineral in association with vauxite and wavellite.
Origin
1920s.
Definition of paravauxite in US English:
paravauxite
noun
A brittle, whitish or colourless mineral of the triclinic crystal system, consisting of a hydrated basic phosphate of ferrous iron and aluminium and usually occurring as a secondary mineral in association with vauxite and wavellite.