thortveitite

See also: Thortveitite

English

Etymology

Thortveit +‎ -ite, after Norwegian engineer Olaus Thortveit.

Noun

thortveitite (usually uncountable, plural thortveitites)

1. (mineralogy) A scandium yttrium silicate mineral, greyish-green, black or grey in colour, the primary source of scandium.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Thortveitite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “thortveitite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.