santabarbaraite

English

Etymology

Santa Barbara +‎ -ite. Named after Santa Barbara in Italy, where it was found.

Noun

santabarbaraite (uncountable)

(mineralogy) An amorphous ferric hydroxy phosphate mineral hydrate.

Further reading

David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Santabarbaraite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
“santabarbaraite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

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