Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
æschynite .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A rare mineral, containing chiefly niobium, titanium, thorium, and cerium. It was so called by Berzelius on account of the inability of chemical science, at the time of its discovery, to separate some of its constituents.
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- noun mineralogy A
rare mineral , containing chieflyniobium ,titanium ,thorium , andcerium .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek shame (because chemical science was unable, at the time of its discovery, to separate some of its constituents).
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