scovillite Min.
(ˈskəʊvɪlaɪt)
[f. the name of the Scoville ore-bed, Salisbury, Conn., U.S., its locality: see -ite.]
Hydrous phosphate of cerium, yttrium, and other rare metals; rhabdophanite.
| 1883 Brush & Penfield in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. Ser. iii. XXV. 463. 1884 Athenæum 12 Apr. 479/1 The author [Mr. W. N. Hartley] shows that a new mineral, scovillite, described by Brush and Penfield..is but a variety of rhabdophane. 1892 [see Rhabdophanite s.v. rhabdo-]. |