uraninite

[ yoo-ran-uh-nahyt, -rey-nuh- ]

noun

a mineral, probably originally uranium dioxide, UO2, but altered by radioactive decay, and usually containing uranium trioxide, lead, radium, and helium, occurring in several varieties, including pitchblende: the most important ore of uranium.

Origin of uraninite

First recorded in 1875–80; uran(ium) + -in² + -ite¹

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How to use uraninite in a sentence

There were two other mines that produced the same uraninite ore as the one at which Hanlon was stationed.
Man of Many Minds | E. Everett Evans

British Dictionary definitions for uraninite

uraninite

/ (jʊˈrænɪˌnaɪt) /

noun

a blackish heavy radioactive mineral consisting of uranium oxide in cubic crystalline form together with radium, lead, helium, etc: occurs in coarse granite. Formula: UO 2

Origin of uraninite

C19: see uranium, -in, -ite 1

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