clarkeite

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noun

A uranium oxide mineral of variable composition and uncertain structure, its colour varying from dark brown to orange.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounclarkeite (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA uranium oxide mineral of variable composition and uncertain structure, its colour varying from dark brown to orange.

Origin

Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1847-1931), American mineral chemist, + -ite.

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