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Definition: HERDERITE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A rare fluophosphate of glucina, in small white crystals.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Herderite" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Note: Herderite \Her"der*ite\, noun. [Named after Baron von Herder, who discovered it.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: HERDERITE

Domain Definition
Mining A monoclinic mineral, 4[CaBe (PO4) F], with OH replacing F toward hydroxylherderite; pseudo-orthorhombic prismatic crystals or radiated fibrous aggregates; in late-stage pegmatites. (references)
Wikipedic Herderite A mineral belonging to the Apatite, Phosphate Group. (references)

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Extended Definition: HERDERITE

Herderite

Herderite is a mineral belonging to the apatite, phosphate group, with formula CaBe(PO4)(F,OH). It forms monoclinic crystals, often twinned and variable in colour from colourless through yellow, green or purple.

It is found in many parts of the world, often in pegmatites and associated with other apatite minerals.

It is named after Sigmund August Wolfgang von Herder, a mining official from Saxony.

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Translations: HERDERITE

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Français herdérite (herderite). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, herderite. (volunteer & more translations)
French herdérite (herderite). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, herderite. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: HERDERITE

Language Translations for “herderite” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin erderitehay (herderite). Additional references: Pig Latin, herderite. (volunteer)
Terran B herderite (herderite). Additional references: Terran B, herderite. (volunteer)
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