Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yttrocrasite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: yt-tro-cr-a-site
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An oxide of (primarily) titanium and yttrium, with small to moderate amounts of thorium, uranium, cerium, and calcium substituting for some of the yttrium and traces of iron, tungsten, columbium, and tantalum substituting for some of the titanium.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Yttrocrasite, associated with allanite, gadolinite, and fergusonite, occurs as a minor rare earth constituent of the inner intermediate zone."
"REE-bearing minerals in these occurrences are allanite, betafite, brannerite, davidite, euxenite, fergusonite, florencite, monazite, polycrase, samarskite, synchysite, thorite, xenotime and yttrocrasite."

Usage

Inflected Forms

yttrocrasites (plural)

Questions

What does yttrocrasite mean?: An oxide of (primarily) titanium and yttrium, with small to moderate amounts of thorium, uranium, cerium, and calcium substituting for some of the yttrium and traces of iron, tungsten, columbium, and tantalum substituting for some of the titanium.

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