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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hydrated calcium phosphate observed in small monoclinic crystals in the Sombrero Island bird-guano. It may be an altered metabrushite.
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It also constitutes the minerals ornithite, Ca_3 (PO_4) _2·2H_2O, osteolite and sombrerite.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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