thortveitite

[ tawrt-vahy-tahyt, thawrt- ]

noun
  1. a scandium yttrium silicate mineral occurring in grayish-green orthorhombic crystals.

Origin of thortveitite

1
1910–15; <German Thortveitit, named after Olaus Thortveit, 20th-century Norwegian mineralogist; see -ite1

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