| Noun | 1. | gadolinite - a mineral that is a source of rare earths; consists of silicates of iron and beryllium and cerium and yttrium and erbiumatomic number 58, Ce, cerium - a ductile gray metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth group atomic number 67, Ho, holmium - a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds atomic number 65, Tb, terbium - a metallic element of the rare earth group; used in lasers; occurs in apatite and monazite and xenotime and ytterbite atomic number 70, Yb, ytterbium - a soft silvery metallic element; a rare earth of the lanthanide series; it occurs in gadolinite and monazite and xenotime atomic number 39, Y, yttrium - a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys mineral - solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition | |