[f. Gr. εὔξεν-ος hospitable (f. εὐ- EU- + ξένος stranger) + -ITE.
So named by Scheerer in 1840 (Pogg. Ann. L. 153) ‘on account of the many rare constituents which it harbours.’]
A mineral found in Norway, consisting mainly of niobate and titanate of yttrium.
1844. Dana, Min., 436. Euxenite comes from Jölster in Norway.
1873. Watts, Fownes’ Chem., 378. It [Thorium] has since been found in Euxenite.
