uraninite

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

Bulgarian: уранинит (uraninit) Czech: uraninit (cs) 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

• David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Uraninite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “uraninite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.
• uraninite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Noun

uraninite f (plural uraninites)

1. uraninite

Further reading

• “uraninite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Noun

uraninite f (plural uraniniti)

1. uraninite