Samarskite

Origin

After Vasili Samarsky-Bykhovets in 1847.

Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

Noun

1. (mineralogy) A shiny black radioactive mineral that contains a complex mixture of rare earth oxides

Derived terms

• samarium