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POLLUCITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rare mineral that is an important source of cesium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pollucite" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Meronyms (substance of "pollucite"):
atomic number 55; caesium; cesium; Cs (a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal)
atomic number 37; Rb; rubidium (a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali metal group; burns in air and reacts violently in water; occurs in carnallite and lepidolite and pollucite)
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