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carnotite definition

car·no·tite (kär′nə tīt′)

noun

a yellow, very soft, radioactive, monoclinic mineral, K(UO)(VO)·3HO, that is a source of uranium, radium, and vanadium

Etymology: after A. Carnot (died 1920), Fr mine inspector + -ite

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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