gadolinite

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  1. noun A dark green or greenish-black silicate mineral, Be2FeY2Si2O10, containing several of the rare earths in combination with iron.

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  • Yttria is found in gadolinite and some other rare minerals. —  A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.
  • The chemical element gadolinium and the mineral gadolinite are both named after the Finnish chemist Johan Gadolin, while the computer operating system Linux was named after its Finnish developer Linus Torvalds.And then there is the political term Finlandization, defined as ‘a policy towards a superior power of accommodation rather than confrontation, as in the relations between Finland and the former Soviet Union’.Add to this the fact that Finnish grammar is a somewhat singular affair which makes use of categories such as adessive, elative, essive and translative which are not found in other European languages and we start to see that you don’t have to have invaded the British Isles to have made a contribution to the melting pot that is English.Ian BrookesBookmark this post If you have any feedback on this entry, please email the author using the form below.
 

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  1. After Johan Gadolin (1760-1852), Finnish chemist.

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  1. Named from Johan Gadolin, a Finnish chemist (1760-1852).
 

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/ˈgædəlɪnaɪt/
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