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curite

[ kyoor-ahyt ]

noun

  1. a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of curite1

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

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