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SAMARSKITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does samarskite mean?
• SAMARSKITE (noun)
The noun SAMARSKITE has 1 sense:
1. a complex black mineral occurring in pegmatites
Familiarity information: SAMARSKITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A complex black mineral occurring in pegmatites
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("samarskite" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Meronyms (substance of "samarskite"):
atomic number 64; gadolinium; Gd (a ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group)
Holonyms ("samarskite" is a substance of...):
pegmatite (a form of igneous rock consisting of extremely coarse granite resulting from the crystallization of magma rich in rare elements)
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