Crossword clues for samarskite
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Samarskite
Samarskite \Sa*mar"skite\, a. [After Samarski, a Russian.] (Min.) A rare mineral having a velvet-black color and submetallic luster. It is a niobate of uranium, iron, and the yttrium and cerium metals.
Wiktionary
samarskite
n. (context mineralogy English) A shiny black radioactive mineral that contains a complex mixture of rare earth oxides
WordNet
samarskite
n. a complex black mineral occuring in pegmatites
Usage examples of "samarskite".
Samarskite: Samarskite is a hard and heavy, velvet-black rareearth mineral with a metallic luster.