miserite
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Miserite
Etymology
From Miser (“a surname”) + -ite, named for Dr. Hugh D. Miser, a geologist of the U.S. Geological Survey.[1]
Noun
miserite (uncountable)
- (mineralogy) A lilac-pink or red triclinic-pinacoidal rare-earth mineral of interest also for cleaning up radioactive and other wastes and for ceramics.
- 1989, Joseph Anthony Mandarino, Violet Anderson, Monteregian Treasures: The Minerals of Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, p. 141:
- Miserite is rare at Mont Saint-Hilaire, but may be locally abundant.
- 1989, Joseph Anthony Mandarino, Violet Anderson, Monteregian Treasures: The Minerals of Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, p. 141:
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