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noun - a mineral consisting of uranium oxide and trace amounts of radium and thorium and polonium and lead and helium
A massive variety of the mineral uraninite.
PITCHBLENDE - Uraninite, formerly pitchblende, is a radioactive, uranium-rich mineral and ore with a chemical composition that is largely UO2, but due to oxidation...
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| The most important source of uranium & radium is this mineral ore |
| This lustrous source of radium & uranium derives its name from its tar-like appearance |
| The Curies discovered radium in 1898 while working with this ore of uranium |
| Until WWII this ore was used only as a source for radium; then it became a source of uranium, too |
| A major uranium ore is this black form of the mineral uraninite |
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| A massive variety of the mineral uraninite. |
| a form of the mineral uraninite occurring in brown or black pitch-like masses and containing radium. |
| 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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| Uraninite, formerly pitchblende, is a radioactive, uranium-rich mineral and ore with a chemical composition that is largely UO2, but due to oxidation the mineral typically contains variable proportions of U3O8. Additionally, due to radioactive decay, the ore also contains oxides of lead and trace amounts of helium. It may also contain thorium, and rare earth elements.* |