1. Noun
A pitch-black mineral consisting chiefly of the oxide of uranium; uraninite. See Uraninite.
2. Noun
a mineral consisting of uranium oxide and trace amounts of radium and thorium and polonium and lead and helium; uraninite in massive form is called pitchblende which is the chief uranium ore
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