Andersonite

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A rare uranium carbonate mineral found in sandstone-hosted uranium. uncountable

Etymology

From Anderson + -ite, after Charles Alfred Anderson (1902-1990) of the United States Geological Survey.

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