English Explanatory Dictionary

curite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and uranium.

Word forms

curite curites

Etymology

From Curie (“a surname”) + -ite, after Pierre Curie and/or his wife Marie, early researchers of radioactivity — the ore being radioactive due to its uranium.

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