pyrochlore

See also: Pyrochlore

English

Noun

pyrochlore (countable and uncountable, plural pyrochlores)

1. (mineralogy) A mineral whose composition is that of a mixed niobate mostly of sodium, calcium and cerium, (Na,Ca)₂Nb₂O₆(OH,F).
   • 2007, Srdjan M. Bulatovic, Handbook of Flotation Reagents: Chemistry, Theory and Practice‎^[1], →ISBN, page 13:

     In general, the hydroxamates are used for flotation of oxidic minerals (pyrochlore, cassiterite and ilmenite), rare-earth oxides and oxide copper minerals.

Derived terms

• bariopyrochlore
• bismutopyrochlore
• ceriopyrochlore
• plumbopyrochlore
• pyrochloric
• strontiopyrochlore
• uranpyrochlore

Translations

mineral

• Catalan: piroclor m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 燒綠石 / 烧绿石 (zh) (shāolǜshí)

• Finnish: pyrokloori
• French: pyrochlore (fr) m
• German: Pyrochlor m
• Italian: pirocloro m
• Portuguese: pirocloro m
• Spanish: pirocloro m

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2026), “Pyrochlore”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “pyrochlore”, in Mindat.org, Keswick, Va.: Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2026.

Anagrams

• hypercolor

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pi.ʁɔ.klɔʁ/

Noun

pyrochlore m (plural pyrochlores)

1. (mineralogy) pyrochlore