coffinite

English

Etymology

Coffin +‎ -ite, after Reuben Clare Coffin, American geologist.

Noun

coffinite (plural coffinites)

  1. (mineralogy) A brown or black uranium-bearing silicate mineral.

Further reading

  • “Coffinite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • coffinite mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016
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