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Uraninite - Wikipedia
Uraninite, also known as pitchblende, is a radioactive, uranium-rich mineral and ore with a chemical composition that is largely UO 2
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Uraninite: A radioactive mineral and ore of uranium - Geology.com
Uraninite is a uranium oxide mineral and the most important ore of uranium. It received its name from its uranium content. Uraninite is highly radioactive.
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Uraninite: Mineral information, data and localities.
Occurs in granitic and syenitic pegmatites. Colloform crusts in high-temperature hydrothermal veins. In quartz-pebble conglomerates.
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uraninite
uraninite Min. (jʊˈrænɪnaɪt) [f. uranium + -in1: see -ite1 2 b.] Pitchblende.1879 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. Ser. iii. XVIII. 153 The masses contain in many cases, a nucleus of uraninite. 1897 L. Fletcher Introd. Study Min. 89 Uraninite, or Pitchblende, consists almost entirely of oxygen and uranium.
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Uraninite - how safe is it to handle? : r/geology - Reddit
Honestly, you have very little to worry about. While radioactive, Uraninite is pretty safe. Most of the radiation is alpha and beta particles, ...
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Uraninite Mineral Data - Mineralogy Database
Uraninite is Radioactive as defined in 49 CFR 173.403. Greater than 70 Bq / gram. Estimated Maximum U.S. Postal Shipping Size (10 mRem/hr limit, ...
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Uraninite - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Uraninite (UO2) is a redox-sensitive mineral that forms primarily in granites, pegmatites, and hydrothermal veins, and it readily oxidizes in the presence of ...
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Uraninite | Radioactive Ore, Uranium Ore, Mineral | Britannica
Uraninite, a major ore mineral of uranium, uranium dioxide (UO 2 ). Uraninite usually forms black, gray, or brown crystals that are moderately hard and ...
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Uraninite | H4O2U | CID 197737 - PubChem
Uraninite is a mineral with formula of U4+O2 or UO2. The IMA symbol is Urn. RRUFF Project. See also: uranium oxide ( ...
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Uraninite - WGNHS
Uraninite is a strongly radioactive mineral found in pegmatites, high temperature hydrothermal veins, and lower temperature ground water precipitates.
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Thorianite
It was originally described by Ananda Coomaraswamy in 1904 as uraninite, but recognized as a new species by Wyndham R. Dunstan. Democratic Republic of Congo - Kasaï region
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Uraninite
Thorite
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Tugarinovite
In the type locality it occurs with uraninite, molybdenite, galena, zircon and wulfenite.
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curite
curite Min. (ˈkjʊəraɪt) [a. F. curite (A. Schoep 1921, in Compt. Rend. CLXXIII. 1186), f. the name of Pierre Curie (see curie) + -ite1.] An orange-red hydrated oxide of lead and uranium.1922 Nature 12 Jan. 63/1 The mineral was found at Kasolo, Belgian Congo, and occurs along with curite and chalcoli...
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Gauthierite
The matrix of the type material is quartz with disseminated altered uraninite. The mineral may form by weathering of uraninite in the presence of radiogenic lead, while potassium may be leached from other gangue materials.
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Rutherfordine
It occurs as a secondary mineral as a weathering product of uraninite. In addition to uraninite it occurs associated with the rare minerals becquerelite, masuyite, schoepite, kasolite, curite, boltwoodite, vandendriesscheite
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