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Ornithite

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Name:For 'bird' as it is a guano mineral.
A variety of Carbonate-rich Hydroxylapatite

'Dahllite' pseudomorphs after brushite. From guano.

Classification of Ornithite

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Other Names for Ornithite

Other Languages:
German:Ornithit
Spanish:Ornithita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Ornithite

Reference List:

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Julien (1865) American Journal of Science: 40: 371.

Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 879.

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