uraninite

English

Uraninite of the variety pitchblende

Etymology

uran- +‎ -ine +‎ -ite

Noun

uraninite (plural uraninites)

1. (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.

Translations

form of uranium dioxide

• Czech: uraninit m, smolinec (cs) m
• Dutch: uraniniet
• Finnish: uraniniitti
• French: uraninite (fr) f
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• German: Uraninit n, Pechblende f
• Italian: uraninite f
• Romanian: uraninit (ro) n
• Slovak: uraninit (sk) m, smolinec m

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Uraninite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “uraninite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
• uraninite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Italian

Noun

uraninite f (plural uraniniti)

1. uraninite