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Webster 1913 Edition

Wavellite

Wa′vel-lite

,
Noun.
[After Dr. Wm.
Wavel
, the discoverer.]
(Min.)
A hydrous phosphate of alumina, occurring usually in hemispherical radiated forms varying in color from white to yellow, green, or black.

Webster 1828 Edition

Wavellite

WAVELLITE

,
Noun.
A mineral, a phosphate or sub-phosphate of alumin; commonly found in crystals, which usually adhere and radiate, forming hemispherical or globular concretions, from a very small size to an inch in diameter. The form of the crystal is usually that of a rhombic prism with dihedral terminations.

Definition 2024

Wavellite

Wavellite

See also: wavellite

German

Noun

Wavellite m

  1. plural of Wavellit

wavellite

wavellite

See also: Wavellite

English

Noun

wavellite ‎(countable and uncountable, plural wavellites)

  1. (mineralogy) A hydrated aluminium phosphate, Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)3·5H2O, sometimes mined as a source of phosphorus.


Etymology

After British naturalist Dr. William Wavell (1750–1829), who discovered the mineral, +‎ -ite.

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