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Vanadate vs Wakefieldite - What's the difference?

vanadate | wakefieldite |

As nouns the difference between vanadate and wakefieldite

is that vanadate is while wakefieldite is (mineralogy) any of four uncommon rare earth element vanadate minerals, each containing oxygen and vanadium, but otherwise containing different elements.

vanadate

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia vanadate)
  • (chemistry) any salt of vanadic acid
  • (chemistry) any of the corresponding anions, VO3, VO4, or V2O7

    • Derived terms

    *ammonium vanadate *cadmium vanadate *lead vanadate *potassium vanadate *strontic vanadate *yttrium vanadate

    wakefieldite

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mineralogy) Any of four uncommon rare earth element vanadate minerals, each containing oxygen and vanadium, but otherwise containing different elements.

    • References

    * Wakefieldite-(Ce) in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Wakefieldite-(Ce).shtml] * Wakefieldite-(La) in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Wakefieldite-(La).shtml] * Wakefieldite-(Nd) in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Wakefieldite-(Nd).shtml] * Wakefieldite-(Y) in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Wakefieldite-(Y).shtml]