Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rare mineral, a hydrated silicate of cerium, of a pale rose-red or clove-brown color, and having a dull resinous luster, occurring only in an abandoned copper-mine at Riddarhyttan in Sweden.
- noun A gastropod of the genus Cerithium or family Cerithiidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A mineral of a brownish of cherry-red color, commonly massive. It is a hydrous silicate of cerium and allied metals.
- noun (Zoöl.) A gastropod shell belonging to the family
Cerithiïdæ ; -- so called from its hornlike form.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A hydrous
silicate ofcerium (and other metals).
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Examples
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Cerium occurs as silicate (together with the oxides of lanthanum, didymium, iron and calcium) in the mineral cerite, which is its chief source.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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LANTHANUM AND DIDYMIUM occur together with cerium in cerite, and are separated with that metal as oxalates, as described under _Cerium_.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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The very recent secondary rocks everywhere present analogous phenomena; the molasse of the Pays de Vaud contains a fetid shelly limestone, and the cerite limestone of the banks of the Seine is sometimes mixed with sandstone.
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Paris, lying between a cerite limestone, which covers chalk and a sandstone without shells, is distinguished by fossil bones of quadrupeds, while the Segeberg and Lunebourg gypsums, the position of which is more uncertain, are characterized by the boracits which they contain.
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Paris, lying between a cerite limestone, which covers chalk and a sandstone without shells, is distinguished by fossil bones of quadrupeds, while the Segeberg and Lunebourg gypsums, the position of which is more uncertain, are characterized by the boracits which they contain.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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Pays de Vaud contains a fetid shelly limestone, and the cerite limestone of the banks of the Seine is sometimes mixed with sandstone.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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… Btw. .just nak highlight … she's really BIG kat FIlipina sekarang disebabkan cerite Kahit Isang Saglit dengan Jericho Rosales dan Awal Ashaari tuee ….
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