1817 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. (ed. 5) III. 495*Yttrocerite..occurs at Finbo in Sweden... It is found in amorphous masses,..disseminated through quartz. 
1868 Watts Dict. Chem. V. 1065Yttrocerite, a mineral consisting of fluoride of yttrium mixed with the fluorides of cerium and calcium. 
1819 W. Phillips Elem. Introd. Min. (ed. 2) 202*Yttro⁓columbite... It consists, according to Vauquelin, of 45 oxide of columbium, 55 of yttria and oxide of iron. 
1879 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XXXVI. 365*Yttrogummite..is the final product of the decomposition of clevite. 
1850 Watts tr. Gmelin'sHandbk. Chem. IV. 19Samarskite.—This mineral, first named Urano-tantalite or Columbite, and afterwards called *Yttro-ilmenite by Hermann. 
1809 Wollaston in Phil. Trans. XCIX. 246The two Swedish minerals, tantalite and *yttro-tantalite, from which I could obtain tantalum. 
1868 Dana Min. (ed. 5) 519Yttrotantalite..Color black, brown, brownish-yellow, straw-yellow... Tantalate of yttria and lime, or yttria, lime, and iron, with some protoxyd of uranium. 
1828 Whewell Ess. Min. Classif. & Nomencl. 52*Yttro-Tantalum Oxide. 
1854 Dana Syst. Min. (ed. 4) II. 341Keilhauite,..*Yttrotitanite. 
1868 Watts Dict. Chem. V. 1065Yttrotitanite. Keilhauite. A silicotitanate containing lime, yttria, ferric oxide, and alumina, with small quantities of other bases. 
1950 E. H. Beard in ColonialGeol. & Mineral Resources I. 51The results show conclusively that the term ‘thorotungstite’ is inapplicable as a true description of the mineral... It is suggested that the mineral in future be called yttrotungstite. 
1971 Mineral. Mag. XXXVIII. 262All the specimens studied consisted mainly of a fine-grained aggregate of pale-yellow earthy yttrotungstite, with rare druses lined by yttrotungstite crystals. 
ORIGIN: from yttrium -o- 
yttro-
Prefix
- Containing yttrium.