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torbernite
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tor·bern·ite  (tôrbr-nt)
n.
A green radioactive mineral that is a hydrous crystalline phosphate of uranium and copper.

[After Torbern Olof Bergman (1735-1784), Swedish chemist.]

torbernite [ˈtɔːbəˌnaɪt]
n
(Earth Sciences / Minerals) a green secondary mineral consisting of hydrated copper uranium phosphate in the form of square platelike crystals. Formula: Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2.12H2O
[named after Torbern O. Bergman (1735-84), Swedish chemist; see -ite1]


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05 11000 fracture filled with torbenite and autenite 50 cm wide --------------------------------------------------------------------- M-003 0.
The table shown on page 2 contains the results of an additional 150 grab samples taken along fractures containing autenite and torbenite from Concharrunio West in Macusani.
The results of 50 composite samples along areas of tectonic disturbance of autenite and torbenite from 7 trenches in Concharrumio (part of the Lincoln XXIV concession) are included.
 
 
 
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