noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A rare zirconium oxide mineral occurring in a variety of monoclinic prismatic crystal forms.
2. 2
   a mineral consisting of zirconium oxide wordnet

Etymology

After Joseph Baddeley, who described the original Sri Lankan find, + -ite.

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