- barrandite
- \\bəˈranˌdīt, ˈbarən-\ noun
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: 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.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.