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millisite Min.|ˈmɪlɪsaɪt|
[f. the name of F. T. Millis (see quot. 1930) + -ite1.]
A light grey or white hydrated basic phosphate of sodium, potassium, calcium, and aluminium, (Na,K) CaAl6(PO4)4(OH)9.3H2O.
1930Larsen & Shannon in Amer. Mineralogist XV. 329 The name millisite is proposed for the species after F. T. Millis who sent the original specimens to the U.S. National Museum. 1942Ibid. XXVII. 294 Millisite is invariably associated with wardite as alternating layers in spherules or crusts. It is light gray to white in color, and normally is present as layers of fine fibers normal to the layering. 1965Jrnl. Geol. Soc. Austral. XII. 261 Crandallite and millisite occur in the lateritic profiles derived from apatite and barrandite and the weathering, in the presence of phosphate, of the carbonate and volcanic rocks [on Christmas Island]. |