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Cerium vs Ewaldite - What's the difference?

cerium | ewaldite |

As nouns the difference between cerium and ewaldite

is that cerium is cerium while ewaldite is (mineral) a hexagonal-dihexagonal pyramidal mineral containing barium, calcium, carbon, cerium, oxygen, sodium, strontium, and yttrium.

cerium

English

Alternative forms

* cererium (a name proposed (but not accepted) to indicate "cerium" does not come from the Greek word for "wax" )

Noun

(-) (wikipedia cerium)
  • A metallic chemical element (symbol Ce) with an atomic number of 58.

    • Derived terms

    * ceric * cerine * cerite * cerium dioxide * cerium metals * cerium oxide * cerium trichloride * cerous * ferrocerium

    Related terms

    * Ceres * ceria

    See also

    * allanite * bastnasite * CAN * hydroxylbastnasite * jeweler's rouge, jeweller's rouge * monazite * orthite * rhabdophane * synchysite

    Anagrams

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    ewaldite

    English

    Noun

  • (mineral) A hexagonal-dihexagonal pyramidal mineral containing barium, calcium, carbon, cerium, oxygen, sodium, strontium, and yttrium.

    • References

    * Ewaldite in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Ewaldite.shtml]