Meanings
nounfougerite (uncountable)
alternative fougèrite
- uncountablechemistryA trigonal clay mineral that is chemically and structurally related to green rust.
Typical fougèrite crystals are small enough to become embedded in protocell membranes, which turns these crystals into natural channels, transporting and concentrating a chemical called pyrophosphate within these membranes.
2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 233
Origin
From Fougères + -ite, after a commune in France where it was found.
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