tysonite
English
Etymology
Tyson + -ite, after S. T. Tyson.
Noun
tysonite (plural tysonites)
- (mineralogy) A fluoride of the cerium metals occurring in pale yellow hexagonal crystals.
See also
- fluocerite
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for tysonite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Tysonite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “tysonite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.