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monetite Min.|ˈməʊnɪtaɪt| [f. Moneta, name of a small island near Puerto Rico: see -ite1.] A hydrogen phosphate of calcium, CaH(PO4), occurring as translucent, pale yellowish white crystals.
1882C. U. Shepard in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. CXXIII. 400 The Moneta mineral, which we call monetite from its locality, is accompanied by two other species. 1968I. Kostov Mineral. 458 Monetite and stercorite are triclinic. |