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Definition of Bastnaesite
1. Noun. A yellow-to-brown mineral that is a source of rare earth elements.
Terms within: Atomic Number 58, Ce, Cerium, Atomic Number 60, Nd, Neodymium, Atomic Number 59, Pr, Praseodymium, Atomic Number 62, Samarium, Sm
Generic synonyms: Mineral
Definition of Bastnaesite
1. Noun. (minerology) A yellow-brown mineral that is a source of several rare earth metals, especially gadolinium, samarium, and neodymium ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bastnaesite
Literary usage of Bastnaesite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A System of Mineralogy: Descriptive Mineralogy, Comprising the Most Recent by James Dwight Dana, George Jarvis Brush, Edward Salisbury Dana (1885)
"See bastnaesite Orthorhombic. Observed planes O, i-í, ¡-Í, 1-î, 1-i, 1-2 and
1-4 (JM Blake, 1. c.), Î-Ï л i-1 =65° (normals) 1-4 л t-ï='-80% И Л 1-2=69'J-\ ..."
2. Introduction to the Rarer Elements by Philip Embury Browning (1917)
"of lanthanum, cerite, allanite, monazite, bastnaesite, ... praseodymium and
neodymium, cerite, allanite, monazite, and bastnaesite; of samarium, samarskite, ..."
3. The Microscopic Determination of the Nonopaque Minerals by Esper Signius Larsen (1921)
"A (agrees optically with bastnaesite). Colorless grains, uniaxial +. с о =
1.722 ±0.003. «=1.813 ±0.003. B = Cerite. Nearly colorless grains, pleochroic ..."
4. Manual of Determinative Mineralogy with an Introduction on Blowpipe Analysis by George Jarvis Brush (1898)
"... and bastnaesite. The yttrium earths (Y and Er) are found especially in
gadolinite, xenotime, ..."
5. Manual of Determinative Mineralogy with an Introduction on Blowpipe Analysis by George Jarvis Brush (1898)
"... and bastnaesite. The yttrium earths (Y and Er) are found especially in
gadolinite, xenotime, ..."
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