bastnaesite
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bastnaesite
[′bast·nə‚sīt] (mineralogy)
(Ce,La)CO3(F,OH) A greasy yellow to reddish-brown fluorocarbonate rare-earth metal mineral; source of rare earths, for example, cerium and lanthanum.