Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hydrous silicate of uranium and calcium which occurs in radiated aggregates of acicular crystals having a bright yellow color: probably the same mineral as uranotil.
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- noun mineralogy A rare yellow
radioactive calcium uranium silicate hydrate mineral that forms from theoxidation of uranium-bearing minerals.
Etymologies
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urano- + phane
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Examples
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The principal ore mineral is uranophane, a hydrated calcium-uranium silicate, which is believed to be an oxidation product of pitchblende.
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Several meter thick pegmatitic granite dykes hosting uraninite, uranophane and apatite were also observed by IOS geologists.
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Mineralization consists of disseminated fine grained uraninite (locally uranophane) in granitic altered rocks with smoky quartz and apatite and associated biotite altered zones.
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