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thortveitite
[ tawrt-vahy-tahyt, thawrt- ]
noun
- a scandium yttrium silicate mineral occurring in grayish-green orthorhombic crystals.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of thortveitite1
1910–15; < German Thortveitit, named after Olaus Thortveit, 20th-century Norwegian mineralogist; -ite 1
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