tanteuxenite-(Y)

English

Etymology

Named because of the mineral's high tantalum content and its similarity to euxenite-(Y)

tantalum + euxenite-(Y)

Noun

tanteuxenite-(Y)

1. (mineralogy) A brown or black orthorhombic mineral containing hydrogen, niobium, oxygen, tantalum, titanium and yttrium.

References

• “tanteuxenite-(Y)”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.