FERGUSONITE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A dark mineral consisting of oxides of yttrium and erbium and tantalum and other minerals

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Nouns denoting substances

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

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

Meronyms (substance of "fergusonite"):

atomic number 68; Er; erbium (a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium)

atomic number 73; Ta; tantalum (a hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite)

atomic number 39; Y; yttrium (a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys)

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