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Meaning of GUMMITE

Pronunciation:  'gumIt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a gummy orange mixture of uranium oxides and silicates occurring naturally in the hydration and oxidation of pitchblende
 
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 See Also: mixture

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Gum"mite\, n. [So called because it occurs in rounded
or flattened pieces which look like gum.] (Min.)
A yellow amorphous mineral, essentially a hydrated oxide of
uranium derived from the alteration of uraninite.
 

 

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