thorianite

English

Noun

thorianite (countable and uncountable, plural thorianites)

  1. (mineralogy) A radioactive mineral containing thorium dioxide (ThO2) plus oxides of uranium, lanthanum, cerium neodymium and praseodymium in smaller quantities.

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Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Thorianite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “thorianite”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.
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