thorianite

English

Noun

thorianite (countable and uncountable, plural thorianites)

  1. (mineralogy) A radioactive mineral containing thorium dioxide (ThO2) plus oxides of uranium, lanthanum, cerium neodymium and praseodymium in smaller quantities.

Further reading

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