Meaning Of The Word Uraninite

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uraninite in American English
a hard, very heavy, dark-colored, radioactive mineral, UO2, the chief ore of uranium; uranium oxide
noun: a mineral, probably originally uranium dioxide, UO2, but altered by radioactive decay, and usually containing uranium trioxide, lead, radium, and helium, occurring in several varieties, including pitchblende: the most important ore of uranium

uraninite in British English
noun: a blackish heavy radioactive mineral consisting of uranium oxide in cubic crystalline form together with radium, lead, helium, etc: occurs in coarse granite. Formula: UO2

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