ytterbite Min.
(ˈɪtəbaɪt)
[Named by Gadolin 1794, from Ytterby in Sweden, where found: see -ite1.]
A synonym of gadolinite. So ytterbia (ɪˈtɜːbɪə) Chem., the oxide of ytterbium; ytterbic (ɪˈtɜːbɪk) a., containing ytterbium; ytterbium (ɪˈtɜːbɪəm) [mod.L. (Marignac)], a rare metallic element occurring in gadolinite, etc.
| 1839 Ure Dict. Arts 541 Gadolinite; called also Yttrite and Ytterbite. 1879 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XXXVI. 118 Ytterbium, a new Metal from Gadolinite... Solutions of ytterbia give no absorption-spectrum... Ytterbium sulphate resembles..the sulphates of yttrium and erbium. |