Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fluoride of cerium and the allied metals, occurring massive and in hexagonal crystals in Sweden and Colorado (tysonite). It is often altered to a fluocarbonate called
bastnasite or hamartite.
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- noun mineralogy A
cerium fluoride mineral found inSweden .
Etymologies
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fluo- + cerite
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Examples
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It also occurs as phosphate in monazite, and as fluoride in fluocerite.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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