thorianite

English

Noun

thorianite (countable and uncountable, plural thorianites)

(mineralogy) A radioactive mineral containing thorium dioxide (Th O₂) plus oxides of uranium, lanthanum, cerium neodymium and praseodymium in smaller quantities.

Translations

mineral

Finnish: torianiitti
Italian: torianite f

Further reading

David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Thorianite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
“thorianite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

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