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THORTVEITITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mineral consisting of scandium yttrium silicate; a source of scandium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("thortveitite" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Meronyms (substance of "thortveitite"):
atomic number 21; Sc; scandium (a white trivalent metallic element; sometimes classified in the rare earth group; occurs in the Scandinavian mineral thortveitite)