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[syn: uraninite, pitchblende]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Uraninite \U*ran"i*nite\, n. (Min.)
A mineral consisting chiefly of uranium oxide with some lead,
thorium, etc., occurring in black octahedrons, also in masses
with a pitchlike luster; pitchblende.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
uraninite
n 1: a mineral consisting of uranium oxide and trace amounts of
radium and thorium and polonium and lead and helium;
uraninite in massive form is called pitchblende which is
the chief uranium ore [syn: uraninite, pitchblende]