Definition of Orthite. Meaning of Orthite. Synonyms of Orthite

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Definition of Orthite

Orthite
Orthite Or"thite, n. [Gr. ? straight.] (Min.) A variety of allanite occurring in slender prismatic crystals.

Meaning of Orthite from wikipedia

- Allanite (also called orthite) is a sorosilicate group of minerals within the broader epidote group that contain a significant amount of rare-earth elements...
- rare-earth residues, while Vladimir Vernadsky independently found it in orthite. Neither claim was confirmed due to World War I, and neither could be confirmed...
- several varieties have been distinguished, and many different names applied. Orthite was the name given by Jöns Berzelius in 1818 to a hydrated form found as...
- Melilite Orthite and melilite (blue) with quartz, from a thin section in crossed polarized light. General Category Sorosilicates Formula (repeating unit)...
- rare-earth residues, while Vladimir Vernadsky independently found it in orthite. Neither claim was confirmed due to World War I, and neither could be confirmed...
- House of Vasa the Royal House of Sweden. In 1862 Bahr analysed the mineral Orthite—Allanite-(Y)—from the Norwegian island Rönsholm and found an oxide which...
- andalusite, sillimanite, kyanite, hercynite (a green spinel), rutile, orthite and tourmaline. Though occasionally we may find larger grains of feldspar...
- Hypothesised from spectral line observations in the rare-earth mineral orthite. It was later confirmed that these lines were due to the recently discovered...
- rare earth element cerium. The mineral provisionally named "magnesium orthite" by Geijer himself was renamed after structural refinement by Peacor and...
- "Bagrationite" in his honour, but it had already been described as allanite (or orthite). Prince Bagration was married to Anna Alekseyevna Martynova (1824–1885)...