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thortveitite

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thort⋅veit⋅ite

  [tawrt-vahy-tahyt, thawrt-]
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–noun
a scandium yttrium silicate mineral occurring in grayish-green orthorhombic crystals.
Origin:
1910–15; < G Thortveitit, named after Olaus Thortveit, 20th-century Norwegian mineralogist; see -ite 1
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thortveitite

noun
a mineral consisting of scandium yttrium silicate; a source of scandium 
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