foordite

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Etymology

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Noun

foordite

  1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic brownish yellow mineral containing niobium, oxygen, tantalum, and tin.

References
  • “Foordite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.

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