Definitions For Euxenite

Noun

EUXENITE. (countable and uncountable, plural EUXENITEs) (mineral) A dark brown lustrous mineral that is a mixed oxide of cerium, erbium, titanium, uranium, yttrium and other more common metals, with the chemical formula (yttrium, y,calcium, ca,cerium, ce,uranium, u,thorium, th)(niobium, nb,tantalum, ta,titanium, ti)2oxygen, o6.

Translations

Catalan: euxenita, f Finnish: eukseniitti

Etymology

From (Ancient Greek)  εὔξενος, , friendly to strangers, hospitableJames D. Dana: Dana's System of Mineralogy. Volume I, seventh edition, revised by Charles Palache, Harry Berman, and Clifford Frondel. John Wiley & Sons, 1944 + {{af, en, -ite}}