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ferrisicklerite

ferrisicklerite

[¦fe·ri′sik·lə‚rīt]
(mineralogy)
(Li,Fe,Mn)(PO4) Mineral composed of phosphate of lithium, ferric iron, and manganese, more iron being present than manganese; it is isomorphous with sicklerite.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
References in periodicals archive
Ferrisicklerite Li([Fe.sup.3+], [Mn.sup.2+])P[O.sub.4]
Compact to micaceous masses of ferrisicklerite form irregular replacements of heterosite along fissures.
Black, dense seams cutting heterosite have been found to contain ferrisicklerite, lithiophorite, cryptomelane, [Gamma]Mn[O.sub.2] and perhaps other intimately intergrown manganese oxides with veinlets of quartz and/or variscite.
THE SAPUCAIA PEGMATITE, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL
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