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Where does “gadolinite” come from?

gadolinite (English) comes from Finnish Gadolin, from Latin gadolinium — gadolinium.

gadolinite (English): A dark, vitreous mineral that is a complex...

Definitions

  1. A dark, vitreous mineral that is a complex...

Ancestry of “gadolinite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishGadolin—
2Latingadoliniumgadolinium
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