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FERGUSONITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fergusonite mean?
• FERGUSONITE (noun)
The noun FERGUSONITE has 1 sense:
1. a dark mineral consisting of oxides of yttrium and erbium and tantalum and other minerals
Familiarity information: FERGUSONITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A dark mineral consisting of oxides of yttrium and erbium and tantalum and other minerals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("fergusonite" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Meronyms (substance of "fergusonite"):
atomic number 68; Er; erbium (a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium)
atomic number 73; Ta; tantalum (a hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite)
atomic number 39; Y; yttrium (a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys)
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