yttrialite
English edit
Noun edit
yttrialite (plural yttrialites)
- (mineralogy) A rare, highly radioactive yttrium thorium sorosilicate mineral with conchoidal fracture.
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
yttrialite f (plural yttrialites)
- (mineralogy) yttrialite
- 1905, “Revue de métallurgie”, in Volume 2, page 593:
- L’yttria employée provient de la gadolinite ou l’yttrialite.
- The yttria used comes from gadolinite or yttrialite.
Further reading edit
- “yttrialite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.