Meanings
nounxanthitane (uncountable)
- uncountableA yellow fibrous earthy material that is an aluminium titanite.
In view of the highly aluminous nature of the enclosing rock, there seemed some possibility that this mineral might be the little-known aluminium titanate, xanthitane
1942, A. B. Edwards, The chemical composition of leucoxene in Cainozoic bauxite from Boolarra, Victoria
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