fergusonite
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fergusonite
1820–30; named after R. Ferguson, 19th-century Scottish physician; -ite 1
Example Sentences
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Cleveite, samarskite and fergusonite contain a little more than monazite.
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The rare earth metals are found in the minerals gadolinite, samarskite, fergusonite, euxenite and cerite.
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It is usually found associated with tantalum, the chief minerals containing these two elements being tantalite, columbite, fergusonite and yttrotantalite; it is also a constituent of pyrochlor, euxenite and samarskite.
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