phoxite

Meaning

Noun

A mineral containing ammonium, magnesium, phosphate and oxalate

Origin

From ph (for phosphate) + ox (for oxalate) + -ite, named by Anthony R. Kampf, Aaron J. Celestian, Barbara P. Nash and Joe Marty in 2019

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