vauxite

English

Etymology

From Vaux +‎ -ite, after American mineral collector George Vaux Junior (1863-1927).

Noun

vauxite (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) A phosphate mineral of the laueite–paravauxite group.

Related terms

• metavauxite
• paravauxite

Translations

a phosphate mineral

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 藍磷鐵礦 / 蓝磷铁矿 (lánlìntiěkuàng)

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Vauxite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “vauxite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.