English Explanatory Dictionary

rauvite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An amorphous mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, uranium, and vanadium.

Word forms

rauvite

Etymology

Named by Frank L. Hess in 1922 from the elemental symbols of its presumed contents: RAdium, Uranium and Vanadium RA + U + V + -ite

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