Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A phosphate of manganese, iron, calcium, and sodium, occurring in granular crystalline masses of a yellowish-or reddish-brown color at Branchville, Connecticut.
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- noun mineralogy A trigonal-rhombohedral
mineral containingcalcium ,iron ,manganese ,oxygen ,phosphorus , andsodium .
Etymologies
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hernesheir commented on the word fillowite
E.S. Dana named this mineral after A.N. Fillow, upon whose land the mineral occurred.
December 2, 2012
bilby commented on the word fillowite
For he's a jolly good mineral
For he's a jolly good mineral...
December 2, 2012