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vauxite Min.|ˈvɔːksaɪt|
[f. the name of George Vaux (1863–1927), U.S. mineral collector + -ite1.]
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, usu. in association with paravauxite and wavellite.
1922,1944[see paravauxite s.v. para-1 2 c]. 1974Amer. Mineralogist LIX. 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. |