thortveitite
[ tawrt-vahy-tahyt, thawrt- ]
/ tɔrtˈvaɪ taɪt, θɔrt- /
noun
a scandium yttrium silicate mineral occurring in grayish-green orthorhombic crystals.
Origin of thortveitite
1910–15; < German
Thortveitit, named after Olaus
Thortveit, 20th-century Norwegian mineralogist; see
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