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THORTVEITITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thortveitite mean? 

THORTVEITITE (noun)
  The noun THORTVEITITE has 1 sense:

1. a mineral consisting of scandium yttrium silicate; a source of scandiumplay

  Familiarity information: THORTVEITITE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


THORTVEITITE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("thortveitite" is a kind of...):

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

Meronyms (substance of "thortveitite"):

atomic number 21; Sc; scandium (a white trivalent metallic element; sometimes classified in the rare earth group; occurs in the Scandinavian mineral thortveitite)


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