Euxenite Definition

yo͝oksə-nīt
noun
A lustrous, blackish-brown rare-earth mineral consisting primarily of cerium, erbium, titanium, uranium, and yttrium.
American Heritage
A dark-colored, hard, orthorhombic mineral, (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6, containing oxides of several chemical elements, esp. of calcium, uranium, titanium, and certain rare-earth elements.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Euxenite

Noun

Singular:
euxenite
Plural:
euxenites

Origin of Euxenite

  • From Greek euxenos kind to strangers (from its unusual composition) eu- eu- xenos stranger ghos-ti- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek εὔξενος (euksenos, “friendly to strangers, hospitable”).

    From Wiktionary

Euxenite Sentence Examples

  • The element is of extremely rare occurrence, being met with only in argyrodite and, to a very small extent, in euxenite.

  • The rare earth metals are found in the minerals gadolinite, samarskite, fergusonite, euxenite and cerite.

  • It is usually found associated with tantalum, the chief minerals containing these two elements being tantalite, columbite, fergusonite and yttrotantalite; it is also a constituent of pyrochlor, euxenite and samarskite.

  • Ilmenite is isomorphous with geikielite, MgTiO 3, and pyrophanite, MnTiO 3; many of the "rare minerals" - aeschynite, euxenite, polycrase, &c. - contain titanates (and also niobates).

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