andersonite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rare uranium carbonate mineral found in sandstone-hosted uranium.

Word forms

andersonite

Etymology

From Anderson + -ite, after Charles Alfred Anderson (1902-1990) of the United States Geological Survey.

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