Well attestedNamed from the place
minyulite
noun · first attested 1933
The place on the label is a watering hole in the Western Australian wheatbelt.
A hydrous potassium aluminum phosphate.
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Record
- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 1933
- Part of speech
- noun
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Dandaragan
- In English
minyulite
Edward Simpson and C.R. LeMesurier described minyulite in 1933 from phosphatic nodules found near Minyulo Well at Dandaragan, north of Perth in Western Australia. Type material is split between the Western Australian Museum in Perth and museums in London and Washington. The mineral has since been found in South Australian quarries and in guano caves elsewhere.
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