fergusonite Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a dark mineral consisting of oxides of yttrium and erbium and tantalum and other minerals

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Fer"gu*son*ite noun
Definitions
  1. (Min.) A mineral of a brownish black color, essentially a tantalo-niobate of yttrium, erbium, and cerium; -- so called after Robert Ferguson.

Webster 1913