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curite

American

[kyoor-ahyt] / ˈkyʊər aɪt /

noun

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.

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

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