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Definition of: euxenite
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k′sə·nīt) noun
A brilliant, metallic-vitreous, brownish-black mineral crystallizing in the orthorhombic system and valuable as a source of certain rare elements, as titanium, germanium, cerium. [<Gk. euxenos hospitable + -ITE1, because it often contains rare elements]
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