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baddeleyite Min.|ˈbædəlɪaɪt|
[f. the name Baddeley (see quot. 1894) + -ite1.]
A mineral, consisting chiefly of zirconia, found in Sri Lanka and Brazil, and used as a refractory material.
1894L. Fletcher in Mineral. Mag. X. 158 For this new mineral I beg to propose the name Baddeleyite, in honour of Mr. Joseph Baddeley, by whom the interesting dense minerals of Rakwana have been brought to the notice of the mineralogical world. 1896A. H. Chester Dict. Min. 24 Baddeleyite..Zirconia, in black crystals, resembling columbite. 1955Brown & Dey India's Min. Wealth (ed. 3) v. 253 Baddeleyite (or brazilite) the natural oxide of zirconium (ZrO2). |