curite

[ kyoor-ahyt ]

noun
  1. a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb2U5O17·4H2O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.

Origin of curite

1
<French (1921), after Pierre Curie; see -ite1

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