BASTNASITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bastnasite mean? 

• BASTNASITE (noun)
  The noun BASTNASITE has 1 sense:

1. a yellow-to-brown mineral that is a source of rare earth elements

  Familiarity information: BASTNASITE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BASTNASITE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A yellow-to-brown mineral that is a source of rare earth elements

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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

bastnaesite; bastnasite

Hypernyms ("bastnasite" is a kind of...):

mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

Meronyms (substance of "bastnasite"):

atomic number 58; Ce; cerium (a ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth group)

atomic number 60; Nd; neodymium (a yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs in monazite and bastnasite in association with cerium and lanthanum and praseodymium)

atomic number 59; Pr; praseodymium (a soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; can be recovered from bastnasite or monazite by an ion-exchange process)

atomic number 62; samarium; Sm (a grey lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group; is used in special alloys; occurs in monazite and bastnasite)