SAMARSKITE


Meaning of SAMARSKITE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sə-ˈmär-ˌskīt, ˈsa-mər- ]

noun

Etymology: German Samarskit, from V. E. Samarskiĭ -Bykhovets died 1870 Russian mining engineer

Date: 1849

: a black or brownish-black orthorhombic mineral that is a complex oxide of rare earths, uranium, iron, lead, thorium, niobium, tantalum, titanium, and tin

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