fergusonite

[ fur-guh-suh-nahyt ]

noun
  1. a rare-earth mineral, yttrium columbate and tantalate, found in pegmatites.

Origin of fergusonite

1
1820–30; named after R. Ferguson, 19th-century Scottish physician; see -ite1

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