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  • noun mineralogy An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.

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  • A uranyl oxide hydrate mineral named after the discoverer of radioactivity, French physicist Antoine Henri Becquerel (1852-1908).

    June 3, 2010