gadolinite
See also: Gadolinite
English
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Gadolinite
Etymology
After the Finnish chemist Johan Gadolin (1760-1852), + -ite.[1]
Noun
gadolinite (countable and uncountable, plural gadolinites)
- (mineralogy) A dark, vitreous mineral that is a complex mixture of silicates of cerium, lanthanum, neodymium, yttrium, beryllium, and iron, with the chemical formula (Ce,La,Nd,Y)2FeBe2Si2O10.
Derived terms
- gadolinium
References
- Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997
Anagrams
- deligation, gelatinoid, intaglioed