Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
- noun A transparent mineral having a vitreoresinous luster, wine-yellow or honey-yellow in color. It is a fluophosphate of magnesium.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A fluophosphate of magnesia, occurring in yellowish crystals, and also in massive forms.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A combined
phosphate andfluoride ofiron andmagnesium .
Etymologies
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Wagner + -ite, after F. M. von Wagner (1768-1851), German mining official.
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