Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a radioactive mineral consisting of thorium silicate;
it is a source of thorium that is found in coarse granite;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Thorite \Tho"rite\, n. [So called by Berzelius from the
Scandinavian god Thor. See Thor.] (Min.)
A mineral of a brown to black color, or, as in the variety
orangite, orange-yellow. It is essentially a silicate of
thorium.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
thorite
n 1: a radioactive mineral consisting of thorium silicate; it is
a source of thorium that is found in coarse granite