xanthitane

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xanthitane (uncountable)

  1. A yellow fibrous earthy material that is an aluminium titanite.
    • 1942, A. B. Edwards, The chemical composition of leucoxene in Cainozoic bauxite from Boolarra, Victoria:
      In view of the highly aluminous nature of the enclosing rock, there seemed some possibility that this mineral might be the little-known aluminium titanate, xanthitane

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