uraninite

English

Uraninite of the variety pitchblende

Etymology

uran- +‎ -ine +‎ -ite

Noun

uraninite (plural uraninites)

(mineralogy) Any of several brownish-black forms of uranium dioxide, U O₂, (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

German: Uraninit n, Pechblende f
Italian: uraninite f
Romanian: uraninit (ro) n
Slovak: uraninit (sk) m, smolinec m

Further reading

“Uraninite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
“uraninite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
uraninite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Noun

uraninite f (plural uraniniti)

uraninite

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