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bastnaesite

bastnaesite noun: a yellow-brown mineral that is a source of several rare earth metals, especially gadolinium, samarium, and neodymium.

bastnaesite: a yellow-brown mineral that is a source of several rare earth metals, especially gadolinium,...
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Noun

bastnaesite (countable and uncountable, plural bastnaesites)

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

Forms of bastnaesite

pluralbastnaesites
alternative formbastnasite
alternative formbastnäsite

Origin of bastnaesite

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

Questions about bastnaesite

What does bastnaesite mean?
Bastnaesite means a yellow-brown mineral that is a source of several rare earth metals, especially gadolinium, samarium, and neodymium.
What part of speech is bastnaesite?
Bastnaesite is a noun.
What is the plural of bastnaesite?
The plural of bastnaesite is bastnaesites.

Words near bastnaesite in the dictionary

  1. bastions
  2. bastirma
  3. bastis
  4. bastle
  5. bastles
  6. bastnaesite
  7. bastnaesites
  8. bastnasite
  9. bastnasites
  10. bastnäsite
  11. bastnäsites

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