Yttrocrasite
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Yttrocrasite is a noun meaning (mineralogy) An oxide of (primarily) titanium and yttrium, with small to moderate amounts of thorium, uranium, cerium, and calcium substituting for some of the yttrium and traces of iron, tungsten, columbium, and tantalum substituting for some of the titanium.
Meaning
(mineralogy) An oxide of (primarily) titanium and yttrium, with small to moderate amounts of thorium, uranium, cerium, and calcium substituting for some of the yttrium and traces of iron, tungsten, columbium, and tantalum substituting for some of the titanium.
Example Sentences
Yttrocrasite, associated with allanite, gadolinite, and fergusonite, occurs as a minor rare earth constituent of the inner intermediate zone.
REE-bearing minerals in these occurrences are allanite, betafite, brannerite, davidite, euxenite, fergusonite, florencite, monazite, polycrase, samarskite, synchysite, thorite, xenotime and yttrocrasite.
Word Forms
- yttrocrasites
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include yttrocerite, steenstrupine, pyrrhotine, yttrofluorite, mimetene, yttropyrochlore.
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