bariopyrochloren.
/ˌbɛːrɪəʊˈpʌɪrə(ʊ)klɔː/, /ˌbarɪəʊˈpʌɪrə(ʊ)klɔː/, U.S. /ˌbɛrioʊˈpaɪroʊˌklɔr/ Mineralogy.
A mineral of the pyrochlore group consisting of a basic niobate of barium (usually containing some strontium and tantalum) which belongs to the cubic crystal system and occurs as yellow or white octahedral crystals. Also called pandaite.
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pyrochlore1830
microlite1835
neotantalite1903
pandaite1959
bariopyrochlore1977
1977 D. D. Howarth in Amer. Mineralogist 62 407 Pandaite..is a synonym for bariopyrochlore. The name should be dropped.
2001 Canad. Mineralogist 39 1075/1 A concentrate of bariopyrochlore with BaO up to 19%..from Araxá was used.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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