miserite

Meaning

Noun

A lilac-pink or red triclinic-pinacoidal rare-earth mineral of interest also for cleaning up radioactive and other wastes and for ceramics.

Origin

From Miser + -ite, named for Dr. Hugh D. Miser, a geologist of the U.S. Geological Survey.

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