thorite

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Noun

thorite (countable and uncountable, plural thorites)

  1. (mineralogy) A radioactive mineral, composed mostly of thorium silicate (ThSiO4), along with silicates of uranium and the rare earths.

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Further reading
  • “Thorite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “thorite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

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