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English
Etymology
From Thortveit + -ite, after Norwegian engineer Olaus Thortveit.
Noun
thortveitite (usually uncountable, plural thortveitites)
- (mineralogy) A scandium yttrium silicate mineral, greyish-green, black or grey in colour, the primary source of scandium.
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