uranite
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
Origin of uranite
1Other words from uranite
- u·ra·nit·ic [yoor-uh-nit-ik], /ˌyʊər əˈnɪt ɪk/, adjective
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How to use uranite in a sentence
A double phosphate of uranium and copper, called green uranite, and uran mica, occurs in Cornwall.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreThe magazine of uranite fuel capsules was nearly empty, now, he reflected.
Salvage in Space | John Stewart WilliamsonThus, helium was discovered in the sun's spectrum by Jansen and isolated from uranite by Ramsay in 1895.
A Brief History of Element Discovery, Synthesis, and Analysis | Glen W. WatsonIt occurs in the pitchblende of Saxony, and the uranite of Cornwall.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II | Arnold CooleyUranium is extracted from a metal or ore called uranite by mineralogists, and popularly known as pitch-blende.
Boys' Second Book of Inventions | Ray Stannard Baker
British Dictionary definitions for uranite
/ (ˈjʊərəˌnaɪt) /
any of various minerals containing uranium, esp torbernite or autunite
Derived forms of uranite
- uranitic (ˌjʊərəˈnɪtɪk), adjective
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