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thortveitite

American  
[tawrt-vahy-tahyt, thawrt-] / tɔrtˈvaɪ taɪt, θɔrt- /

noun

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

Etymology

Origin of thortveitite

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

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