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thortveitite

/ˈθɔːrt.vaɪ.taɪt/

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noun

/ˈθɔːrt.vaɪ.taɪt/formalscientific
  • ruМинерал, состоящий из силиката скандия и иттрия, который служит источником элемента скандия.

A mineral composed of scandium yttrium silicate, which serves as a source of the element scandium.

  1. Scandium yttrium silicate mineralC2formalscientific

    A rare mineral composed of scandium, yttrium, and silicon, primarily known as a source of scandium.

    ruСкандий-иттриевый силикатный минерал

    • Thortveitite is one of the few minerals that contains scandium in significant amounts.
    • Geologists discovered a small deposit of thortveitite in the remote mountains.
    • The extraction of scandium from thortveitite is a complex and costly process.