Associations to the word «Pitchblende»
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Wiktionary
PITCHBLENDE, noun. (mineralogy) Naturally-occurring uranium oxide, a variety of the mineral uraninite.
Dictionary definition
PITCHBLENDE, noun. A mineral consisting of uranium oxide and trace amounts of radium and thorium and polonium and lead and helium; uraninite in massive form is called pitchblende which is the chief uranium ore.
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