struvite

struvite
The hexahydrate of magnesium ammonium phosphate; found in some renal calculi. Cf.:bobierrite, newberyite. [H.C.G. von Struve, Russian diplomat + -ite]

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stru·vite 'strü-.vīt n a hydrated magnesium-containing mineral Mg(NH4)(PO4)·6H2O which is found in kidney stones associated with bacteria that cleave urea

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stru·vite (strooґvīt) [Baron Heinrich Christian Gottfried von Struve, German-born Russian diplomat, 1772–1851] a hard crystalline mineral formed by interaction of magnesium salts with ammonium phosphate, closely allied to and often associated with triple phosphate. It is the main component of struvite calculi. Called also magnesium ammonium phosphate.

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