(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:12:10

U*ran"i*nite (?), n. Min.

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

 

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