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Cerium vs Fluorcaphite - What's the difference?

cerium | fluorcaphite |

As nouns the difference between cerium and fluorcaphite

is that cerium is cerium while fluorcaphite is (mineral) a hexagonal-pyramidal mineral containing calcium, cerium, fluorine, oxygen, phosphorus, sodium, and strontium.

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

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    fluorcaphite

    English

    Noun

  • (mineral) A hexagonal-pyramidal mineral containing calcium, cerium, fluorine, oxygen, phosphorus, sodium, and strontium.

    • References

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