belovite

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noun

A basic phosphate / fluoride mineral of strontium and lanthanum.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounbelovite (plural belovites)

plural belovites

  1. chemistryA basic phosphate / fluoride mineral of strontium and lanthanum.

Origin

For Nikolai Vassilievich Belov, Russian mineralogist, + -ite.

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