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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[From George J.

Brush

, an American mineralogist.]

(Min.)

A white or gray crystalline mineral consisting of the acid phosphate of calcium.

brushite ‎(uncountable)

(mineralogy) A mineral formed by the interaction of guano with calcite and clay at a low pH, believed to be a precursor of apatite.