See Also: xenotime(medicine)
xenotime(dictionary)

xenotime (iou)



xenotime noun. M19.
[formed as XENO- (app. in error for Greek kenos vain, empty) + time honour (with ref. to the false supposition that the mineral contained a new metal).]
Mineralogy. Native yttrium phosphate, occurring in igneous rocks as yellowish brown crystals of the tetragonal system, and often containing other rare-earth elements.