huttonite

Relationship of monazites, cheralites, and huttonites

Meaning

Noun

A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing oxygen, silicon, and thorium.

Origin

After Colin Osborne Hutton, New Zealand-American mineralogist, Hutton + -ite

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