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allanite Min.|ˈælənaɪt|
[named after T. Allan, a mineralogist + -ite, min. form.]
A brownish-black mineral, akin to Epidote, consisting mainly of the oxides of cerium and iron, with silica.
1843W. Humble Dict. Geol., Allanite, an orthitic melane-ore..brought from Greenland. 1880Dana Min. 287 Allanite is a cerium-epidote. |