Associations to the word «Uraninite»

Wiktionary

URANINITE, noun. (mineralogy) Any of several brownish-black forms of uranium dioxide, UO2, (especially pitchblende) that is the chief ore of uranium; it is isomorphous with thorianite.

Dictionary definition

URANINITE, 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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