Cacoxenite

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cacoxene \Ca*cox"ene\, Cacoxenite \Ca*cox"e*nite\, n. [Gr.
     kako`s bad + ????? guest.] (Min.)
     A hydrous phosphate of iron occurring in yellow radiated
     tufts. The phosphorus seriously injures it as an iron ore.
     [1913 Webster]