English > gadolinite: 1 sense > noun 1, substance| Meaning | A mineral that is a source of rare earths; consists of silicates of iron and beryllium and cerium and yttrium and erbium. |
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| Synonym | ytterbite |
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| Broader | mineral | Solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition |
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| Substances | beryllium, Be, glucinium, atomic number 4 | A light strong brittle / brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element |
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| cerium, Ce, atomic number 58 | A ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series |
| erbium, Er, atomic number 68 | A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group |
| gadolinium, Gd, atomic number 64 | A ductile silvery-white ductile ferromagnetic trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group |
| holmium, Ho, atomic number 67 | A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group |
| terbium, Tb, atomic number 65 | A metallic element of the rare earth group |
| ytterbium, Yb, atomic number 70 | A soft silvery metallic element |
| yttrium, Y, atomic number 39 | A silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals |
| Spanish | gadolinita |
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| Catalan | gadolinita |
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