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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A silicate of uranium and thorium found in placer tin-washings at Naegi (Nayegi), near Takayama, Japan. It varies in color from green to gray and brown, and is probably isomorphous with zircon. It exhibits marked radioactivity.

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