Xenotime

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:28:41

Xen"o*time (?), n. [Gr. honoring guests or strangers; xe`nos guest, stranger + honor: cf. G. xenotim.] Min.

A native phosphate of yttrium occurring in yellowish-brown tetragonal crystals.

 

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