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Gadolinite

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Noun

1. gadolinite, ytterbite

a mineral that is a source of rare earths; consists of silicates of iron and beryllium and cerium and yttrium and erbium

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gadolinite

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noun
a rare brown or black mineral consisting of a silicate of iron, beryllium, and yttrium in monoclinic crystalline form. Formula: 2BeO.FeO.Y2O3.2SiO2
. Also called: ytterbite

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Gadolinite

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noun
a dark green to black, hard, radioactive mineral, beryllium iron yttrium silicate, Be2FeY2Si2O10, that is an ore of various rare-earth elements

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Gadolinite

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n.
A dark green or greenish-black silicate mineral, Be2FeY2Si2O10, containing several of the rare-earth elements in combination with iron.

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