zanazziite

Noun.  (mineralogy) A complex phosphate with the chemical formula Ca2(Mg,Fe)(Mg,Fe,Mn,Al)4Be4(OH)4(PO4)6ยท6H2O, having a pale to dark olive-green colour.

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