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Definition of baddeleyite in English: baddeleyitenoun ˈbad(ə)lɪʌɪtˈbad(ə)lēˌīt mass nounA mineral consisting largely of zirconium dioxide, ranging from colourless to yellow, brown, or black. Example sentencesExamples - Interestingly, their first choice of name was brazilite, but that name had already been applied to the mineral baddeleyite.
- The U content of these metamorphic baddeleyites is towards the low end of the range seen in igneous baddeleyite, but not sufficiently different to be diagnostic.
- Having determined the age of the Ballachulish Igneous Complex, we now examine the behaviour of the U-bearing accessory minerals baddeleyite, zircon and monazite in the Ballachulish metamorphic aureole.
- Eudialyte occurs primarily along the margins of the leucosomes and is commonly found altered to catapleiite, baddeleyite, lavenite, paraumbite, and barytolamprophyllite.
- The element is almost invariably found in conjunction with ores of zirconium, especially zircon and baddeleyite.
Origin Late 19th century: named after Joseph Baddeley, English traveller, + -ite1. Definition of baddeleyite in US English: baddeleyitenounˈbad(ə)lēˌīt A mineral consisting largely of zirconium dioxide, ranging from colorless to yellow, brown, or black. Example sentencesExamples - The element is almost invariably found in conjunction with ores of zirconium, especially zircon and baddeleyite.
- The U content of these metamorphic baddeleyites is towards the low end of the range seen in igneous baddeleyite, but not sufficiently different to be diagnostic.
- Eudialyte occurs primarily along the margins of the leucosomes and is commonly found altered to catapleiite, baddeleyite, lavenite, paraumbite, and barytolamprophyllite.
- Interestingly, their first choice of name was brazilite, but that name had already been applied to the mineral baddeleyite.
- Having determined the age of the Ballachulish Igneous Complex, we now examine the behaviour of the U-bearing accessory minerals baddeleyite, zircon and monazite in the Ballachulish metamorphic aureole.
Origin Late 19th century: named after Joseph Baddeley, English traveler, + -ite. |