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euxenite(dictionary)

euxenite (iou)



euxenite noun. M19.
[formed as EU- + Greek xenos stranger: see -ITE1. So named from its containing many rare constituents.]
Mineralogy. A niobate and tantalate of yttrium and other rare earth elements and uranium, occurring as brownish-black orthorhombic crystals in granite pegmatites.