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thortveitite

[ tawrt-vahy-tahyt, thawrt- ]

noun

  1. a scandium yttrium silicate mineral occurring in grayish-green orthorhombic crystals.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of thortveitite1

1910–15; < German Thortveitit, named after Olaus Thortveit, 20th-century Norwegian mineralogist; -ite 1

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