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cacoxenite Min.|kæˈkɒksɛnaɪt|
Also cacoxene.
[f. Gr. κακο- bad + ξέν-ος guest + -ite; so called because its presence in iron ore is injurious.]
A native phosphate of iron, containing also water, peroxide of iron, and phosphoric acid, occurring in radiated tufts of yellow or brownish-yellow colour. (Dana.) |