Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A hydrous phosphate of ammonium and magnesium, often occurring in connection with guano-deposits. It is found in orthorhombic crystals, often hemimorphie, and has a white or pale-yellow color and vitreous luster.
Wiktionary
- n. mineralogy An orthorhombic ammonium magnesium phosphate mineral.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Min.) A crystalline mineral found in guano. It is a hydrous phosphate of magnesia and ammonia.
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“Here will be found the honey-stone of Thuringia; crystals of phosphate of magnesia and ammonia called struvite; beautiful specimens of amber, some pieces of which inclose insects; and copal, also containing insects; fossil copal; mineral pitch, from naphtha to asphalt; the elastic bitumen of Derbyshire, exhibiting its different degrees of softness; Humboldt's dapèche, an inflammable fossil of South America; and brown and black coal.”
“The four most common types of stones are comprised of calcium, uric acid, struvite, and cystine.”
“It also reduces the risk for urinary tract infections, which may lessen the risk for struvite stones.”
“(AmCl), as sulphate in mascagnine (Am_ {2} SO_ {4}), as phosphate in struvite (AmMgPO_ {4}. 12H_ {2} O).”
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.
“They are classified according to the specific types of crystals they contain and fall into five major categories - calcium oxalate, the most common, calcium phosphate, struvite, uric acid and cystine.”
“While struvite is produced on purpose inside reactors, it also occurs naturally when phosphorus and nitrogen combine with magnesium in a wastewater treatment plant's sludge stream.”
“Magnesium is added within the reactor, creating a concrete-like substance known as struvite.”
“This unasked-for struvite clogs lines and valves, reduces flow rates, and has to be removed either mechanically, or by running acid through the lines.”
“This struvite, in turn, is processed into a nitrogen/phosphorus/magnesium slow-release fertilizer sold as Crystal Green.”
“By harvesting most of the phosphorus, a reactor is said to virtually eliminate struvite build-up, further lowering the plant's operating costs, and increasing its capacity.”
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Minerals and Mineralogy
List of minerals, elements, group names and geochemistry terms encountered in the science of mineralogy. I've chosen to avoid capital letters in most examples, though a great many mineral names hon...
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