'Samarskite' definitions:
Definition of 'samarskite'
From: WordNet
noun
A complex black mineral occurring in pegmatites
Definition of 'Samarskite'
From: GCIDE
- Samarskite \Sa*mar"skite\, a. [After Samarski, a Russian.] (Min.) A rare mineral having a velvet-black color and submetallic luster. It is a niobate of uranium, iron, and the yttrium and cerium metals. [1913 Webster]