foordite

English

Etymology

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Noun

foordite

  1. (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic brownish yellow mineral containing niobium, oxygen, tantalum, and tin.

References

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Foordite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.

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