veszelyiten.
/ˈvɛsəljʌɪt//ˈvɛsəlɪʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A hydrated basic phosphate of copper and zinc, (Cu,Zn)3(PO4)(OH)3.2H2O, occurring as aggregates of bluish monoclinic crystals.
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1875 E. S. Dana in J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (new ed.) App. ii. 59 Veszelyite... In crystalline crusts on garnet-rock.
1920 Nature 1 July 569/2 Rare zinc-copper minerals from..Northern Rhodesia... Still rarer are the copper-zinc minerals aurichalcite and veszelyite; the latter forms minute sky-blue monoclinic crystals.., and differs from the original material from Hungary in its colour and in containing little or no arsenic.
1977 Mineral. Abstr. XXVIII. 207/2 The veszelyite appears to have been formed in an oxidation zone by low-T hydrothermal processes.
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