berylloniten.
/bəˈrɪlənʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A phosphate of beryllium and sodium, NaBePO4.
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1888 E. S. Dana in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 136 291 I would suggest the name Beryllonite, in allusion to the fact that it contains the rare element beryllium.
1896 A. H. Chester Dict. Names Minerals 30 Beryllonite, so named because it contains the rare element beryllium. An anhydrous phosphate of glucinum (beryllium) and sodium, occurring in transparent, colorless, orthorhombic crystals.
1957 Encycl. Brit. III. 469/2 Beryllonite, a mineral phosphate of beryllium and sodium..found..at Stoneham and Newry [Maine].
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