Well attestedNamed from the place
senegalite
noun · first attested 1976
One of the few minerals named for a West African country, and still known mainly from its one deposit.
A hydrous aluminum phosphate.
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- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 1976
- Part of speech
- noun
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Senegal
- In English
senegalite
Senegalite was described in 1976 from the Kouroudiako iron deposit in the Falémé river basin of eastern Senegal, and named for the country of first occurrence. Type material went to the National School of Mines in Paris. It forms clear colorless crystals in cavities in the ironstone.