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Today it means: An isometric-hexoctahedral reddish brown mineral containing calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, niobium, oxygen, thorium, titanium, and uranium. Full definition →
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