barrandite

\\bəˈranˌdīt, ˈbarən-\ noun (-s)

Etymology: French barrandite, from Joachim Barrande died 1883 French geologist + French -ite

: a mineral (Fe,Al)Po₄.2H₂O consisting of a pale-gray hydrous phosphate of iron and aluminum belonging to the isomorphous series strengite-variscite

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barrandite Min.

(ˈbærəndaɪt)

[Named (in 1867) after Barrande, a Bohemian geologist: see -ite.]

A phosphate of alumina and iron occurring in spheroidal concretions at Cerhovic in Bohemia.

Dana Min. 574.