cheralite
cheralite noun: any of a range of yellowish-brown to green minerals that are mixed phosphates of (primarily) calcium and thorium, associated with uraniferous deposits.
Noun
cheralite (countable and uncountable, plural cheralites)
- Any of a range of yellowish-brown to green minerals that are mixed phosphates of (primarily) calcium and thorium, associated with uraniferous deposits.
- The rotation pattern in the small interplanar region was somewhat diffuse in the cheralites and Travancore monazites, but not in the Yediyoor specimens, indicating the existence of partial disorder in the former.1960, Proceedings of the National Institute of Sciences of India
- Even at the thin-section scale, the cheralite mole fraction may vary over a range of more than 50%, expressing that only part of the monazites is actually in equilibrium with the host-granite REE composition.1995, Michael Brown, Philip M. Piccoli, The Origin of Granites and Related Rocks
Forms of cheralite
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Origin of cheralite
From Chera + -lite, after the Chera dynasty, where the modern day type locality is located.
Questions about cheralite
- What does cheralite mean?
- Cheralite means any of a range of yellowish-brown to green minerals that are mixed phosphates of (primarily) calcium and thorium, associated with uraniferous deposits.
- What part of speech is cheralite?
- Cheralite is a noun.
- What is the plural of cheralite?
- The plural of cheralite is cheralites.
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