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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hydrated phosphate of aluminium occurring in tabular monoclinic crystals and in cleavable masses with strong pearly cleavage: first found in Sweden, and now also in Bolivia.
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- noun mineralogy A
mineral withmonoclinic crystals of the chemical formulaAl 2(P O 4)(OH )3.
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek αὐγή (auge, "luster"), named in 1868.
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