uraninite

Meanings

Plural: uraninites

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

Origin / Etymology

From uran- + -ine + -ite.

Synonyms

pitchblende

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