English Explanatory Dictionary

baddeleyite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rare zirconium oxide mineral occurring in a variety of monoclinic prismatic crystal forms.

Word forms

baddeleyite baddeleyites

Etymology

After Joseph Baddeley, who described the original Sri Lankan find, + -ite.

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