a mineral consisting largely of zirconium dioxide: a source of zirconium. Formula: ZrO2
Word origin
C19: named after J. Baddeley, British geologist
Examples of 'baddeleyite' in a sentence
baddeleyite
In its turn, anatase stabilized baddeleyite, which has a higher catalytic activity than ruffite.
D. Kh. Sembaev, F. A. Ivanovskaya, V. M. Pochtennaya 2000, 'Catalysts for Alkylbenzene and Alkylpyridine Ammoxidation', Eurasian Chemico-Technological Journal http://ect-journal.kz/index.php/ectj/article/view/29. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The mode of occurrence, textural features and chemistry of the mineral suggest detrital and possibly an authigenic origin for baddeleyite.
Bibhuranjan Nayak, Swapan Kumar Das, Kalyan Kumar Bhattacharyya 2011, 'Detrital and authigenic(?) baddeleyite (ZrO2) in ferromanganese nodules of CentralIndian Ocean Basin', Geoscience Frontiershttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987111000818. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)