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BASTNASITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A yellow-to-brown mineral that is a source of rare earth elements
Synonyms:
bastnaesite; bastnasite
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bastnasite" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Meronyms (substance of "bastnasite"):
atomic number 58; Ce; cerium (a ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth group)
atomic number 60; Nd; neodymium (a yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs in monazite and bastnasite in association with cerium and lanthanum and praseodymium)
atomic number 59; Pr; praseodymium (a soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; can be recovered from bastnasite or monazite by an ion-exchange process)
atomic number 62; samarium; Sm (a grey lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group; is used in special alloys; occurs in monazite and bastnasite)
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