meaning of uraninite
1. A mineral consisting chiefly of uranium oxide with some lead, thorium, etc. , occurring in black octahedrons, also in masses with a pitchlike luster; pitchblende.
2. 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
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