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anapaite

noun
anapa·​ite | \ əˈnapəˌīt\
plural -s

Definition of anapaite

: a calcium ferrous iron hydrous phosphate occurring in pale-green transparent triclinic crystals and in columnar massive forms (hardness 3–4, specific gravity 3.81)

First Known Use of anapaite

1903, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for anapaite

German anapait, from Anapa, seaport on Black sea, U.S.S.R., its locality + German -it -ite

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