Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An earthy kind of calcium phosphate, probably resulting from the alteration of apatite, occurring near Hanau in Prussia and at Amberg in Bavaria.
Wiktionary
- n. mineralogy A massive impure apatite, or calcium phosphate.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Min.) A massive impure apatite, or calcium phosphate.
Etymologies
- osteo- + -lite (Wiktionary)
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“It also constitutes the minerals ornithite, Ca_3 (PO_4) _2ยท2H_2O, osteolite and sombrerite.”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
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