Fergusonite

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1. Noun

A mineral of a brownish black color, essentially a tantalo-niobate of yttrium, erbium, and cerium; -- so called after Robert Ferguson.

2. Noun

a dark mineral consisting of oxides of yttrium and erbium and tantalum and other minerals
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