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单词 uraninite
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uraniniten.

Brit. /jᵿˈranᵻnʌɪt/, U.S. /jʊˈrænəˌnaɪt/
Origin: A borrowing from German, combined with an English element. Etymons: German Uranin , -ite suffix1.
Etymology: < German Uranin pitchblende ( W. Haidinger Handb. der bestimmenden Mineral. (1845) 549; < Uranium uranium n. + -in -ine suffix5) + -ite suffix1; introduced by J. D. Dana (see quot. 1868).
Mineralogy.
A black or brownish-black mineral which is the chief ore of uranium and occurs typically as cubic or octahedral crystals or in rounded or other massive forms. Cf. pitchblende n.Uraninite consists of uranium dioxide, UO2, usually with impurities (esp. lead, thorium, and radium). Crystal system: cubic.
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1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 154 Uraninite... Isometric... Usually massive and botryoidal; also in grains.
1897 L. Fletcher Introd. Study Mineral. 89 Uraninite, or Pitchblende, consists almost entirely of oxygen and uranium.
1957 Financial Times Ann. Rev. Brit. Industry 39/1 The mineral uraninite (and its less well-crystallised variant pitch-blende)..is still the most important uranium ore.
1978 Sci. Amer. Sept. 99/1 Uraninite..is found in several deposits that were laid down in Precambrian streambeds.
2003 Guardian 16 Oct. (Life section) 7/1 Uraninite stays put instead of mixing with water used for drinking or irrigation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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