THORTVEITITE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A mineral consisting of scandium yttrium silicate; a source of scandium

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("thortveitite" is a kind of...):

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

Meronyms (substance of "thortveitite"):

atomic number 21; Sc; scandium (a white trivalent metallic element; sometimes classified in the rare earth group; occurs in the Scandinavian mineral thortveitite)

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