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carnotite
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car·no·tite  (kärn-tt)
n.
A yellow ore of uranium and radium with composition K(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O.
[French, after Marie Adolphe Carnot (died 1920), French mining engineer.]
carnotite [ˈkɑːnəˌtaɪt]
n
(Earth Sciences / Minerals) a radioactive yellow mineral consisting of hydrated uranium potassium vanadate: occurs in sedimentary rocks and is a source of uranium, radium, and vanadium. Formula: K2(UO2)2(VO4)2.3H2O
[named after A. Carnot (died 1920), French inspector general of mines]
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Noun1.carnotite - a yellow radioactive mineral; an ore of uranium and radium and vanadium
atomic number 23, vanadium, V - a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys; it occurs in several complex minerals including carnotite and vanadinite
uranium ore - any ore from which uranium can be extracted
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Mineralization consists predominately of pitchblende or uraninite occurring as thin seams, bands and disseminations along bedding planes; tyuyamunite and cobalt bloom (erythrite) along some fractures; and to a lesser extent chalcopyrite, bornite, malachite, pyrite, annabergite and arsenides.
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