Definitions for euxenite

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euxenite eux·e·nite

Spelling: [yook-suh-nahyt]

IPA: /ˈyuk səˌnaɪt/

Euxenite is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 77 anagrams from letters in euxenite (eeeintux).

Definitions for euxenite

noun

1. a rare, brownish-black mineral of complex composition, an oxide of calcium, cerium, yttrium, columbium, titanium, and uranium.

Origin of euxenite

1840-45; Greek eúxen(os) kind to strangers, hospitable (see eu-, xeno-) + -ite¹

Examples for euxenite

The rare earth metals are found in the minerals gadolinite, samarskite, fergusonite, euxenite and cerite.

The element is of extremely rare occurrence, being met with only in argyrodite and, to a very small extent, in euxenite.