thortveitite
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See also: Thortveitite
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Thortveit + -ite, after Norwegian engineer Olaus Thortveit.
Noun
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thortveitite (usually uncountable, plural thortveitites)
- (mineralogy) A scandium yttrium silicate mineral, greyish-green, black or grey in colour, the primary source of scandium.
Further reading
[edit]- David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Thortveitite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “thortveitite”, in Mindat.org[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.