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rashleighite Min.|ˈræʃliːaɪt| [See quot. 1948 and -ite1.] A hydrated basic phosphate of copper, aluminium, and iron, Cu(Al,Fe)6(PO4)4(OH)8·5H2O, found as crusts and friable masses of triclinic crystals.
1948A. Russell in Mineral. Mag. XXVIII. 353 The name rashleighite commemorates Philip Rashleigh, F.R.S., F.G.S., F.S.A., 1729–1811,..one of the earliest Cornish mineralogists and famous for having amassed the finest collection of Cornish minerals ever made. 1971Country Life 3 June 1382/2 Turquoise in the form of rashleighite occurs on St. Austell Moor, in Cornwall. 1972Amer. Mineralogist LVII. 1681 Rashleighite..can be described as a substitutional solid solution of turquois and chalcosiderite. |