English Explanatory Dictionary

wakefieldite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of four uncommon rare earth element vanadate minerals, each containing oxygen and vanadium, but otherwise containing different elements.

Word forms

wakefieldite wakefieldites

Etymology

After Wakefield Lake in Quebec, Canada, + -ite (now known as Lake Saint Pierre).

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