Vivianite

Viv′i-an-ite

,

Noun.

[So called by

Werner

after the English mineralogist

F. G.

Vivian

.]

(Min.)

A hydrous phosphate of iron of a blue to green color, growing darker on exposure. It occurs in monoclinic crystals, also fibrous, massive, and earthy.

Vivianite

VIV'IANITE

,

Noun.

A phosphate of iron, of various shades of blue and green.

vivianite

English

Vivianite

Noun

vivianite ‎(countable and uncountable, plural vivianites)

(mineralogy) A blue, green or colourless mineral of monoclinic crystals, Fe₃(P O₄)₂·8H₂O.

Translations

mineral

Catalan: vivianita
Czech: vivianit
Dutch: vivianiet
German: Vivianit
Hungarian: vivianit
Italian: vivianite

Polish: wiwianit (pl)
Portuguese: vivianita f, vivianite f
Romanian: vivianit (ro) n
Russian: вивианит (ru) ‎(vivianit)
Serbo-Croatian: вивианит
Ukrainian: вівіаніт ‎(vivianit)

↑ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

Portuguese

Alternative forms

vivianita

Noun

vivianite f (plural vivianites)

(mineralogy) vivianite (a hydrated iron phosphate mineral)

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Vivianite

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