palliten.
/ˈpalʌɪt/, /ˈpɑːlʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈpælˌaɪt/ Mineralogy. rare.
A white or greyish iron-rich variety of millisite.
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1954 Mineral. Abstr. 12 440 Two types of Ca-Al phosphates are distinguished: (1) Pallite..formed by the action of calcium phosphate on montmorillonite; (2) Crandallite..formed by the leaching of (1).
1960 Amer. Mineralogist 45 257 Uranium is present in amounts up to 140 ppm U in pallite.
1990 W. L. Roberts et al. Encycl. Min. (ed. 2) 639/2 Pallite = Ferrian millisite.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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