bastnasite (Meaning)
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bastnasite (n)
a yellow-to-brown mineral that is a source of rare earth elements
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a yellow-to-brown mineral that is a source of rare earth elements
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Bastnasite, a rare earth mineral, is renowned for its high content of cerium and lanthanum.
The delicate crystals of bastnasite exhibit a distinctive reddish-brown hue.
Bastnasite was first discovered in 1804 in the Bastnäs mine in Sweden, hence its name.
China currently accounts for nearly two-thirds of the world's bastnasite production.
