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    BASTNAESITE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A yellow-to-brown mineral that is a source of rare earth elementsplay

    Synonyms:

    bastnaesite; bastnasite

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    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("bastnaesite" is a kind of...):

    mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)

    Meronyms (substance of "bastnaesite"):

    atomic number 58; Ce; cerium (a ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth group)

    atomic number 60; Nd; neodymium (a yellow trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs in monazite and bastnasite in association with cerium and lanthanum and praseodymium)

    atomic number 59; Pr; praseodymium (a soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; can be recovered from bastnasite or monazite by an ion-exchange process)

    atomic number 62; samarium; Sm (a grey lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group; is used in special alloys; occurs in monazite and bastnasite)

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