thalenite
noun
tha·len·ite
ˈthäləˌnīt
plural -s
: a mineral Y2Si2O7 or 2Y2Si2O7.H2O consisting of an yttrium silicate and occurring in flesh-red monoclinic crystals possibly isomorphous with thortveitite (hardness 6.5, specific gravity 4.2)
Word History
Etymology
French thalénite, from T. R. Thalén †1905 Swedish physicist + French -ite
- grounding
- groundings
- groundkeeper
- groundkeepers
- groundless
- groundlesslier
- groundlessliest
- groundlessly
- groundlessness
- groundlessnesses
- intriguers
- intrigues
- intriguing
- intriguingly
- intrinsic
- intrinsic factor
- intrinsical
- intrinsically
- intrinsics
- intro
- introceptive
- introd
- introduce
- introduced
- introducement