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I suspect most of the article is copied verbatim from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica. It was not uncommon a century ago to express the anion fraction in rocks and minerals in terms of the corresponding acids. So in modern language, this would be a form with elevated phosphate content. The whole article needs to be updated with modern language and sources, which I will get to ... eventually. --
Kent G. Budge (
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23:13, 12 February 2022 (UTC)reply
Thank you Kent G. Budge for the explanation. In some other mineral descriptions I see “contains X-oxide” which I used to read as contains element X but not meaning the proper X-oxide. ----
Stenallan (
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14:23, 14 February 2022 (UTC)reply
Mimetite is part of WikiProject Rocks and minerals, an attempt at creating a standardized, informative, comprehensive and easy-to-use rocks and minerals resource. If you would like to participate, you can choose to edit this article, or visit the
project page for more information.Rocks and mineralsWikipedia:WikiProject Rocks and mineralsTemplate:WikiProject Rocks and mineralsRocks and minerals articles
I suspect most of the article is copied verbatim from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica. It was not uncommon a century ago to express the anion fraction in rocks and minerals in terms of the corresponding acids. So in modern language, this would be a form with elevated phosphate content. The whole article needs to be updated with modern language and sources, which I will get to ... eventually. --
Kent G. Budge (
talk)
23:13, 12 February 2022 (UTC)reply
Thank you Kent G. Budge for the explanation. In some other mineral descriptions I see “contains X-oxide” which I used to read as contains element X but not meaning the proper X-oxide. ----
Stenallan (
talk)
14:23, 14 February 2022 (UTC)reply