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abukumalite

English edit

Etymology edit

Named for type locality Abukuma River (in Japan) where it was mined +‎ -lite.

Pronunciation edit

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌæ.bəˈku.məˌlaɪt/, /əˈbu.kə.məˌlaɪt/

Noun edit

abukumalite (plural abukumalites)

  1. (mineralogy, outdated) A mineral, (Ca,Y)5(P,Si)3O12(OH,F), that can contain uranium or thorium. The mineral was renamed britholite-(Y) in 1966 because of its similarity to britholite and because of its yttrium-dominant composition.

Synonyms edit

References edit

  • Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 8
  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Britholite-(Y)”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “Britholite-(Y)”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
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