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- noun mineralogy A
radioactive mineral in thepyrochlore group, havingchemical formula (Ca,U)2(Ti,Nb,Ta)2O6(OH).
Etymologies
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Betafo + -ite, after Betafo in the Malagasy Republic, where it was discovered.
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