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Meaning of URANINITE

Pronunciation:  yû'ranu`nIt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  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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 Synonyms: pitchblende
 
 See Also: atomic number 92, mineral, U, uranium, uranium ore

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\U*ran"i*nite\, n. (Min.)
A mineral consisting chiefly of uranium oxide with some lead,
thorium, etc., occurring in black octahedrons, also in masses
with a pitchlike luster; pitchblende.
 
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