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What is a cerite?

What is a cerite? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (mineralogy) A hydrous silicate of cerium (and other metals).
  2. (zoology) A horn-shaped cerithiid shell.
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It is found with other rare earth elements in minerals such as monazite, cerite, gadolinite, xenotime, and euxenite.
It is found in the minerals gadolinite, cerite, samarskite and fergusonite, and is usually obtained from cerite.
Over nearly a century, chemists continued to analyze cerite, eventually discovering a total of seven new elements in it.
Like other rare earth metals, it is found in minerals such as cerite, gadolinite, and samarskite.
The rare earth metals are found in the minerals gadolinite, samarskite, fergusonite, euxenite and cerite.

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