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thortveitite

/ˈθɔːrt.vaɪ.taɪt/

Tradução: Mineral composto por silicato de escândio e ítrio, que serve como fonte do elemento escândio.

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noun

formalcommonscientific/ˈθɔːrt.vaɪ.taɪt/

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

  • 🇵🇹Mineral composto por silicato de escândio e ítrio, que serve como fonte do elemento escândio.
  1. Scandium yttrium silicate mineral C2 formal scientific

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

    • 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.

    🇵🇹Mineral silicato de escândio e ítrio