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uranite

/yoor-uh-nahyt/US // ˈyʊər əˌnaɪt //UK // (ˈjʊərəˌnaɪt) //

乌兰石,乌兰特,铀矿,铀矿石

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Mineralogy.

    • : any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.

Examples

  • A double phosphate of uranium and copper, called green uranite, and uran mica, occurs in Cornwall.

  • The magazine of uranite fuel capsules was nearly empty, now, he reflected.

  • Thus, helium was discovered in the sun's spectrum by Jansen and isolated from uranite by Ramsay in 1895.

  • It occurs in the pitchblende of Saxony, and the uranite of Cornwall.

  • Uranium is extracted from a metal or ore called uranite by mineralogists, and popularly known as pitch-blende.