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fergusonite

American  
[fur-guh-suh-nahyt] / ˈfɜr gə səˌnaɪt /

noun

  1. a rare-earth mineral, yttrium columbate and tantalate, found in pegmatites.

Etymology

Origin of fergusonite

1820–30; named after R. Ferguson, 19th-century Scottish physician; -ite 1

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

The rare earth metals are found in the minerals gadolinite, samarskite, fergusonite, euxenite and cerite.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

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.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various

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