vivianite

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noun

A blue, green or colourless mineral of monoclinic crystals, Fe₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O.

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Meanings

nounvivianite (countable and uncountable, plural vivianites)

plural vivianites

  1. countableuncountablechemistryA blue, green or colourless mineral of monoclinic crystals, Fe₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O.
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    Using the rover's organic chemical detector to analyze the spots, scientists at Caltech and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) found iron, phosphorus and sulfur arranged in patterns consistent with minerals like vivianite (hydrated iron phosphate) and greigite (iron sulfide) that could have "potentially been made by ancient life."

    2025 September 11, Matthew Glasser, Julia Jacobo, “Rock found on Mars could be evidence of ancient life, NASA says”, in ABC News

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
angelardite

Origin

Named after its discoverer English mineralogist Jeffrey G. Vivian in 1817.

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Translations

Catalan vivianita
  • vivianitamineral
Czech vivianit
  • vivianitmineral
Dutch vivianiet
  • vivianietmineral
Finnish vivianiitti
  • vivianiittimineral
German Vivianit
  • Vivianitmineral
Hungarian vivianit
  • vivianitmineral
Italian vivianite
  • vivianitemineral
Polish wiwianit
  • wiwianitmineral
Portuguese vivianita, vivianite
  • vivianitamineral
  • vivianitemineral
Romanian vivianit
  • vivianitmineral
Russian вивианит
  • вивианит (vivianit)mineral
Slovak vivianit
  • vivianitmineral
Ukrainian вівіаніт
  • вівіаніт (vivianit)mineral
Cite this entry
APA

vivianite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vivianite

MLA

“vivianite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vivianite. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vivianite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vivianite.

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