A hydrated orthorhombic magnesium acid phosphate, MgH(PO₄)·3H₂O, which occurs as colourless crystals.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Mineralogy Magazine. From German Newberyit from the name of J. Cosmo Newbery (19th-cent. Australian mineralogist) + -it.
Definition of newberyite in US English:
newberyite
nounˈnjuːb(ə)rɪˌʌɪt
Mineralogy
A hydrated orthorhombic magnesium acid phosphate, MgH(PO₄)·3H₂O, which occurs as colourless crystals.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Mineralogy Magazine. From German Newberyit from the name of J. Cosmo Newbery (19th-cent. Australian mineralogist) + -it.