A mineral consisting of a hydrated phosphate of iron (usually partly replaced by manganese), Fe₃(PO₄)₂.3H₂O, which occurs as pale green crystals and forms an isomorphous series with reddingite.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Mineralogical Abstracts. After German Phosphoferrit.
Definition of phosphoferrite in US English:
phosphoferrite
noun
Mineralogy
A mineral consisting of a hydrated phosphate of iron (usually partly replaced by manganese), Fe₃(PO₄)₂.3H₂O, which occurs as pale green crystals and forms an isomorphous series with reddingite.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Mineralogical Abstracts. After German Phosphoferrit.