thortveitite
See also: Thortveitite
English
Etymology
Thortveit + -ite, after Norwegian engineer Olaus Thortveit.
Noun
thortveitite (usually uncountable, plural thortveitites)
- (mineralogy) A scandium yttrium silicate mineral, greyish-green, black or grey in colour, the primary source of scandium.
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Thortveitite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “thortveitite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.