Curite

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and uranium. uncountable, usually

    "The color is lighter than that of curite."

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"The color is lighter than that of curite."

Etymology

From Curie (“a surname”) + -ite, after Pierre Curie and/or his wife Marie, early researchers of radioactivity — the ore being radioactive due to its uranium.

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