roseliten.
/ˈrəʊzəlʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈroʊzəˌlaɪt/ Mineralogy.
A rare mineral containing arsenic and cobalt, typically occurring as rose-red or pink prismatic crystals.Roselite is an arsenate of calcium, cobalt, and magnesium, Ca2(Co,Mg)(AsO4)2·2H2O. Crystal system: monoclinic.
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roselite1824
hedyphane1832
svabite1893
akrochordite1922
stranskiite1960
1824 A. Lévy in Ann. Philos. New Ser. 8 439 You will, perhaps, be able to spare room..for a short description of a new mineral substance, which I propose to name Rosélite, in honour of Mr. Gustavus Rose, of Berlin.
1877 Harper's Mag. July 311/1 Sphærocobaltite..is found with the rare mineral roselite at Schneeberg, Saxony.
1936 Amer. Mineralogist 21 590 Schrauf concluded..that roselite has pseudo-orthorhombic triclinic elements.
1987 Amer. Mineralogist 72 217 (title) Wendwilsonite, the Mg analogue of roselite, from Morocco, New Jersey, and Mexico.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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