Min. [ad. G. struvit (G. L. Ulex, 1846) f. name of Struve, Russian minister at Hamburg.] Hydrous phosphate of ammonium and magnesium, found in small yellowish-brown or greyish crystals.
1850. Ansted, Elem. Geol., Min., etc., 179.
1854. Dana, Syst. Min. (ed. 4), II. 413. Struvite…. Found in guano from Saldanha Bay, coast of Africa.
1870. Amer. Jrnl. Sci., Ser. II. L. 272. Struvite in crystals occurs in guano, in the Skipton Caves near Ballarat.
