thortveitite

[tawrt-vahy-tahyt, thawrt-]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of thortveitite¹

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