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englishite Min.|ˈɪŋglɪʃaɪt|
[f. the name of George L. English (1864–1944), American mineral dealer + -ite1.]
A hydrated phosphate of potassium, calcium, and aluminium found at Fairfield, Utah County, Utah.
1930Larsen & Shannon in Amer. Mineralogist XV. 328 Layers of a clear, glassy, cleavable mineral that resembles crusts of gordonite..were found on microscopic examination to be a different species... The name englishite is proposed for this mineral. 1951C. Palache et al. Dana's Syst. Min. (ed. 7) II. 957 Englishite... Probably monoclinic. Occurs as layers and aggregates of subparallel plates. |