What does "gadolinite" mean?

A dark, vitreous mineral that is a complex mixture of silicates of cerium, lanthanum, neodymium, yttrium, beryllium, and iron, with the chemical formula (Ce,La,Nd,Y)₂FeBe₂Si₂O₁₀.

What is a synonym for "gadolinite"?

Common synonyms include: ytterbite.

Gadolinite

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1
A dark, vitreous mineral that is a complex mixture of silicates of cerium, lanthanum, neodymium, yttrium, beryllium, and iron, with the chemical formula (Ce,La,Nd,Y)₂FeBe₂Si₂O₁₀. countable, uncountable
2
a mineral that is a source of rare earths; consists of silicates of iron and beryllium and cerium and yttrium and erbium wordnet

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ytterbite

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"Four chemical elements — yttrium, erbium, terbium, and ytterbium, are named after the village of Ytterby in Sweden, near which they had been first found in the mineral gadolinite."

Etymology

After the Finnish chemist Johan Gadolin (1760-1852), + -ite.

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