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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun This mineral, like other native compounds of thorium and uranium, has marked radioactive properties.
  • noun A mineral occurring in massive forms of a dull yellowish-brown color, and containing silica and the oxids of uranium, thorium, and the metals of the cerium and yttrium groups.

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  • noun mineralogy A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and thorium.

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