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Definition of Gadolinite
1. Noun. A mineral that is a source of rare earths; consists of silicates of iron and beryllium and cerium and yttrium and erbium.
Terms within: Atomic Number 4, Be, Beryllium, Glucinium, Atomic Number 58, Ce, Cerium, Atomic Number 68, Er, Erbium, Atomic Number 64, Gadolinium, Gd, Atomic Number 67, Ho, Holmium, Atomic Number 65, Tb, Terbium, Atomic Number 70, Yb, Ytterbium, Atomic Number 39, Y, Yttrium
Generic synonyms: Mineral
Definition of Gadolinite
1. n. A mineral of a nearly black color and vitreous luster, and consisting principally of the silicates of yttrium, cerium, and iron.
Definition of Gadolinite
1. Noun. (minerology) A dark, vitreous mineral that is a complex mixture of silicates of cerium, lanthanum, neodymium, yttrium, beryllium, and iron, with the chemical formula (Ce,La,Nd,Y)2FeBe2Si2O10. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gadolinite
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Medical Definition of Gadolinite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gadolinite
Literary usage of Gadolinite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Index to the Literature of the Spectroscope by Alfred Tuckerman (1888)
":w elements in gadolinite and samarskite. Crookes(W.). Proc. ... II, Sur les
spectres d'absorption des terres de la gadolinite. Soret (JL). ..."
2. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1849)
"Splintery gadolinite.—Of a splintery fracture. When heated, it sometimes, ...
Splintery gadolinite dissolves in hydrochloric acid with separation of ..."
3. A System of Chemistry by Thomas Thomson (1810)
"gadolinite FAMILY. THOUGH the mineral called gadolinite is arranged bj ...
gadolinite*. This mineral was first observed by Captain Arhenius lodged in a ..."
4. Economic Mineralogy: A Practical Guide to the Study of Useful Minerals by Thomas Crook (1921)
"gadolinite (named after J. Gadolin, the Finnish chemist who discovered the ...
gadolinite is a constituent of pegmatites occurring at Ytterby and near ..."
5. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1815)
"It is seldom got in large masses; but is spread on the quartz or felspar. It is
a combination of fluoric and arsenic acids and lime. V. gadolinite. ..."
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