pitchblende

English

Etymology

From German Pechblende, from Pech (“pitch”) + Blende (“blende”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪtʃblɛnd/
Rhymes: -ɛnd

Noun

pitchblende (plural pitchblendes)

(mineralogy) Naturally-occurring uranium oxide, a variety of the mineral uraninite.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 205:
  Working in Paris in 1898, Marie and Pierre Curie processed thousands of pounds of pitchblende from the same glass-factory tailings in order to isolate two radioactive elements that had hitherto been unknown: radium and polonium.

Translations

a type of uraninite

Finnish: pikivälke
French: pechblende (fr) f
German: Pechblende f

Italian: pechblenda f
Russian: уранини́т (ru) m (uraninít), ура́новая смо́лка f (uránovaja smólka), смоляна́я обма́нка f (smoljanája obmánka)

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