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curite

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and uranium.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Examples

  • 1982, R. W. Boyle, Geochemical Prospecting for Thorium and Uranium Deposits, Elsevier, Developments in Economic Geology: 16, page 68, Yellow, orange, greenish, and bluish oxidation products of uranium and copper comprising gummite and containing minerals such as curite, liebigite, malachite and azurite may be developed locally in the oxidized rubble and gossans.

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History

Etymology

From Curie (“a surname”) + -ite, after Pierre Curie and/or his wife Marie, early researchers of radioactivity — the ore being radioactive due to its uranium.