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CHAPTER XXIV.
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MOROXITE.
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DARK
bluish-green variety of Apatite, or calcium phosphate, found originally
at Aren-dal in Norway, and at Pargas in Finland, has been termed by
mineralogists Moroxite. The name is fancifully derived from a
certain Greek word applied to a stone used by the Ancients in bleaching
linen. Clear crystals of Moroxite have occasionally been cut and
polished, but their softness renders them ill-suited for jewellery. It
appears that some of the material occasionally sold as Moroxite is
nothing but paste.
MOROXITE.
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