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▪ I. rutherfordite1 Min.|ˈrʌðəfədaɪt|
[f. the name Rutherford (see below) + -ite1.]
A name given to a poorly characterized yellow-brown form of fergusonite found in gold mines in Rutherford County, North Carolina.
1851C. U. Shepard in Proc. Amer. Assoc. Adv. Sci. IV. 312 (heading) Rutherfordite. 1852Amer. Jrnl. Sci. LXIV. 344 By its translucency, rutherfordite is readily distinguished from samarskite, which it otherwise closely resembles. 1880Ibid. CXX. 57, I have detected along with the samarskite of this locality a few very small crystals..nearly identical with those found in the sands from the gold washings of Rutherford, N.C., named by me as rutherfordite, and which I now consider as belonging to the species fergusonite. 1966Z. Lerman tr. Vlasov's Geochem. & Mineral. Rare Elem. II. xi. 430 Synonyms of fergusonite: rutherfordite.., bragite.., tyrite.., arrhenite..and sipylite.
▪ II. ˈrutherfordite2 Min.
[f. as rutherfordine: see -ite1.]
Used as a synonym of rutherfordine.
1922N. H. & A. N. Winchell Elem. Optical Mineral. II. v. 88 Rutherfordite (UO2CO3) is orthorhombic (?), finely fibrous. Soft... Color yellow, earthy. An alteration product of uraninite. Rare. 1971Mineral. Mag. XXXVIII. 104 Recommendations of the Commission on minerals for which more than one name is in common use... Rutherfordine, not rutherfordite. |