thorite
English
Noun
thorite (countable and uncountable, plural thorites)
- (mineralogy) A radioactive mineral, composed mostly of thorium silicate (ThSiO4), along with silicates of uranium and the rare earths.
Translations
mineral
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Further reading
- “Thorite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
- “thorite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
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