scherteliten.
/ˈʃəːtəlʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A hydrated acid phosphate of ammonium and magnesium, (NH4)2Mg3H4(PO4)4.8H2O, found as small water-soluble orthorhombic crystals in deposits of bat guano in caves near Ballarat, Victoria.
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1902 R. W. E. MacIvor in Chem. News 9 May 217/1 To prevent all future confusion, I have now decided to call this interesting mineral Schertalite [sic].
1963 Amer. Mineralogist 48 639 Schertelite dissolves rapidly and incongruently in water with the formation of struvite. Exposure of schertelite to the atmosphere for several months results in alteration of the surface of the crystals, apparently to an intimate mixture of struvite and monoammonium phosphate.
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