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bastnaesite en · NOUN

Etymology

From Bastnäs + -ite. Named after its type locality, the Bastnäs mine near Riddarhyttan, Västmanland, Sweden.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A yellow-brown mineral that is a source of several rare earth metals, especially gadolinium, samarium, and neodymium.

Forms

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Translations (4)

sv bastnäsit (mineral) · de Bastnäsit (mineral) · fi bastnäsiitti (mineral) · el μπαστναζίτης (mineral)

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