Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A phosphate of iron and manganese occurring in monoclinic prismatic crystals, also in columnar to fibrous masses of a reddishbrown color. It closely resembles triplite, but differs from it in having the fluorin replaced by hydroxyl.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Min.) A manganese phosphate near triplite, but containing hydroxyl instead of fluorine.

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  • noun mineralogy An uncommon monoclinic manganese iron phosphate mineral.

Etymologies

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triplite (which it resembles) and -oid.

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