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bastnasite

bastnasite is the alternative form of bastnaesite.

Meaning of bastnaesite

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 bastnasite

pluralbastnasites

Questions about bastnasite

What is bastnasite the alternative form of?
Bastnasite is the alternative form of bastnaesite.

Words near bastnasite in the dictionary

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

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