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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A rare basic carbonate of lanthanum, occurring in thin tabular crystals of a white or nearly white color.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Min.) Hydrous carbonate of lanthanum, found in tabular white crystals.

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  • noun mineralogy A radioactive mineral, a carbonate of the rare earth elements lanthanum, cerium, and neodymium.

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lanthanum +‎ -ite

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