euxenite
English
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek εὔξενος (eúxenos, “friendly to strangers, hospitable”)[1] + -ite.
Noun
editeuxenite (countable and uncountable, plural euxenites)
- (mineralogy) A dark brown lustrous mineral that is a mixed oxide of cerium, erbium, titanium, uranium, yttrium and other more common metals, with the chemical formula (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6.
Derived terms
editTranslations
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References
edit- ^ James D. Dana: Dana's System of Mineralogy. Volume I, seventh edition, revised by Charles Palache, Harry Berman, and Clifford Frondel. John Wiley & Sons, 1944