cacoxenite

English

Alternative forms

• cacoxene

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad”) + ξένος (xénos, “guest”) because the phosphorous content of cacoxenite lessens the quality of iron smelted from ore containing it.

Noun

cacoxenite

1. (inorganic chemistry, mineralogy) A soft phosphate of iron occurring in yellowish clumps: hydrated iron aluminum phosphate oxide: (Fe,Al)₂₅(PO₄)₁₇O₆(OH)₁₂·17H₂O.

Further reading

• Cacoxenite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Cacoxenite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “cacoxenite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
• Cacoxenite fact page

Anagrams

• excecation