Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hydrated phosphate of calcium found in the guano of Aves Islands and Sombrero in the West Indies, in slender monoclinic crystals of a pale-yellow color.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A white or gray crystalline mineral consisting of the acid phosphate of calcium.
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- noun mineralogy A mineral formed by the interaction of
guano withcalcite andclay at a lowpH , believed to be aprecursor ofapatite .
Etymologies
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Brush + -ite after American mineralogist George Jarvis Brush (1831-1912).
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Examples
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Arsenate is removed by being exchanged for phosphate in the mineral brushite, a crystalline structure found in the stones.
Weird Stones Heather McDougal 2007
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Arsenate is removed by being exchanged for phosphate in the mineral brushite, a crystalline structure found in the stones.
Archive 2007-07-01 Heather McDougal 2007
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The mineral brushite, CaHPO_4·2H_2O, which is isomorphous with the acid arsenate pharmacolite, CaHAsO_4·2H_2O, is an acid phosphate, and assumes monoclinic forms.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
hernesheir commented on the word brushite
The mineralogists were right, about the shite.
See also metabrushite.
January 4, 2012