uranite

[ yoor-uh-nahyt ]

noun

, Mineralogy.

1. any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.

uranite

/ ˌjʊərəˈnɪtɪk; ˈjʊərəˌnaɪt /

noun

1. any of various minerals containing uranium, esp torbernite or autunite

Derived Forms

• uranitic, adjective

Other Words From

• u·ra·nit·ic [y, oo, r-, uh, -, nit, -ik], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of uranite¹

From the German word Uranit, dating back to 1785–95. See uranium, -ite ¹

Example Sentences

A double phosphate of uranium and copper, called green uranite, and uran mica, occurs in Cornwall.

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The magazine of uranite fuel capsules was nearly empty, now, he reflected.

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Thus, helium was discovered in the sun's spectrum by Jansen and isolated from uranite by Ramsay in 1895.

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It occurs in the pitchblende of Saxony, and the uranite of Cornwall.

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Uranium is extracted from a metal or ore called uranite by mineralogists, and popularly known as pitch-blende.

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