cleveite

/ ˈkliːvaɪt /

noun

1. a crystalline variety of the mineral uranitite

Word History and Origins

Origin of cleveite¹

C19: named after P. T. Cleve (1840–1905), Swedish chemist; see _-ite ¹

Example Sentences

Cleveite, samarskite and fergusonite contain a little more than monazite.

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Helium, hē′li-um, n. a substance discovered by Lockyer in the sun's atmosphere, found by Ramsay in the rare Norwegian mineral cleveite.

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The chromosphere consists chiefly of glowing hydrogen, and an element called helium, which has been recently discovered in a terrestrial substance called cleveite; there are also present the vapours of iron, calcium, cerium, titanium, barium, and magnesium.

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In April, 1895, Professor Ramsay, who with Lord Rayleigh had discovered the new element argon, detected the presence of the famous helium line in the spectrum of the gas liberated by heating the rare mineral known as cleveite, found in Norway.

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Above the photosphere comes a stratum of cooler vapours and gases, namely, hydrogen and helium, a very light element recently found on the earth, along with argon, in the rare mineral cleveite.

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