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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In petrography, a name applied by Wadsworth (1887) to diabasic glasses. Same as
sordavalite . - noun A rare mineral containing zirconium, titanium, thorium, iron, and calcium. It occurs in black octahedral crystals at Jacupiranga, Brazil.
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- noun mineralogy An
isometric oxide mineral with thechemical formula (Ca,Th,Ce)Zr(Ti,Nb)2O7.
Etymologies
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Ferdinand Zirkel (1838-1912), German petrographer, and -ite.
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