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curite

curite noun: an orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and uranium.

curite: an orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and uranium
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Noun

curite (usually uncountable, plural curites)

  1. (usually) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and uranium.
    • The color is lighter than that of curite.1956, Walter Fred Hunt, editor, American Mineralogist, volume 41, page 555
    • The present note relates to the behaviour of uranium minerals such as uraninite, curite, and uranophane in high-tension separators.1962, Thomas Arthur Rickard, editor, The Mining Magazine, volumes 106-107, page 9

Forms of curite

pluralcurites

Origin of curite

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.

Questions about curite

What does curite mean?
Curite means an orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and uranium.
What part of speech is curite?
Curite is a noun.
What is the plural of curite?
The plural of curite is curites.

Words near curite in the dictionary

  1. curiously
  2. curiously recurring template pattern
  3. curiously recurring template patterns
  4. curiousness
  5. curiousnesses
  6. curite
  7. curites
  8. Curitiba
  9. Curitiban
  10. Curitibans
  11. Curitis

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