xenotime

See also: Xenotime and xénotime

English

Xenotime

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κενός (kenós, “vain”), τιμή (timḗ, “honour”), because the yttrium in the mineral was originally thought to be a new element.

Noun

xenotime (countable and uncountable, plural xenotimes)

(mineralogy) A yellow-brown mineral, yttrium phosphate (Y P O₄)

Translations

a yellow-brown mineral

German: Xenotim (de) m

Italian: xenotima f

Italian

Noun

xenotime f

plural of xenotima

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