Bastnaesite (Noun)
Meaning
A yellow-to-brown mineral that is a source of rare earth elements.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- Extracting bastnaesite, a rare mineral, is crucial to meet the world's demand for rare earth elements.
- Bastnaesite is primarily composed of the rare earth elements cerium and lanthanum.
- The mining operation focuses on extracting bastnaesite from underground deposits in the region.
- This yellow-to-brown mineral, bastnaesite, is essential in the production of advanced technologies.
- Geologists carefully examine the earth's crust to locate new deposits of bastnaesite.