samarskite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A shiny black radioactive mineral that contains a complex mixture of rare earth oxides

Word forms

samarskite samarskites

Etymology

After Vasilii Evgrafovich Samarsky-Bykhovets in 1847.

Derived words

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