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curite

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cu⋅rite

[kyoor-ahyt]
–noun
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb2U5O17⋅4H2O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.

Origin:
< F (1921), after Pierre Curie; see -ite 1
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