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Definition of gadolinite in English: gadolinitenounˈɡad(ə)lɪnʌɪtɡəˈdəʊlɪnʌɪtˈɡædələˌnaɪt mass nounA rare dark brown or black mineral, consisting of a silicate of iron, beryllium, and rare earths. Example sentencesExamples - Like other rare earth metals, it is found in minerals such as cerite, gadolinite, and samarskite.
- The most common ores of holmium are monazite and gadolinite.
- With sulphuric acid it forms a salt that is as stable on heating as the sulphates from gadolinite or cerite and, like these, can be completely decomposed by heating with ammonium carbonate.
- Polycrase, or an allied species, was seen implanted upon the gadolinite, this is also new to the region.
- It is found with other rare earth elements in minerals such as monazite, cerite, gadolinite, xenotime, and euxenite.
Origin Early 19th century: named after Johan Gadolin (1760–1852), the Finnish mineralogist who first identified it. Definition of gadolinite in US English: gadolinitenounˈɡædələˌnaɪtˈɡadələˌnīt A rare dark brown or black mineral, consisting of a silicate of iron, beryllium, and rare earths. Example sentencesExamples - Polycrase, or an allied species, was seen implanted upon the gadolinite, this is also new to the region.
- With sulphuric acid it forms a salt that is as stable on heating as the sulphates from gadolinite or cerite and, like these, can be completely decomposed by heating with ammonium carbonate.
- Like other rare earth metals, it is found in minerals such as cerite, gadolinite, and samarskite.
- The most common ores of holmium are monazite and gadolinite.
- It is found with other rare earth elements in minerals such as monazite, cerite, gadolinite, xenotime, and euxenite.
Origin Early 19th century: named after Johan Gadolin (1760–1852), the Finnish mineralogist who first identified it. |