thornasite

English

Etymology

thorium + Na (“symbol for sodium”) + Si (“symbol for silicon”) + -ite

Noun

thornasite

  1. (mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and thorium.

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

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