fergusonite

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun fergusonite has 1 sense

fergusonite(n = noun.substance) Array - a dark mineral consisting of oxides of yttrium and erbium and tantalum and other minerals; Array

is a kind of

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CIDE DICTIONARY

fergusonite, n.

A mineral of a brownish black color, essentially a tantalo-niobate of yttrium, erbium, and cerium; -- so called after Robert Ferguson. [1913 Webster]

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