phosphophyllite

English

Etymology

phospho- +‎ phyllo- +‎ -ite

Noun

phosphophyllite (plural phosphophyllites)

(mineralogy) A rare bluish-green hydrated zinc phosphate mineral.

Further reading

“Phosphophyllite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
“phosphophyllite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

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