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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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]


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]