car·no·tite

(kär′nə-tīt′)

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.]

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carnotite

(ˈkɑːnəˌtaɪt)

(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

[C20: named after A. Carnot (died 1920), French inspector general of mines]

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car•no•tite

(ˈkɑr nəˌtaɪt)

n.

a yellow earthy ore of uranium, hydrous potassium uranium vanadate.

[1895–1900; after A. Carnot (d. 1920), French mining official; see -ite¹]

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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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(Uraninite) and secondary mierals such as tyuyamunite, carnotite are commonly existed and enriched by water at places in cavities in Vihowa Group (Oligocene Chittarwata, Vihowa, Litra and Chaudhwanan formations) and may be hosted in coal and sandstone bearings formations.

SANDSTONE TYPE URANIUM RESOURCES OF PAKISTAN: ENCOURAGING HUGE STRATA

Uranium is found in hundreds of minerals, including uraninite (the most common uranium ore), carnotite, autunite, uranophane, torbernite and coffinite.

Uranium - The Element: Its Occurrence and Uses

Uranium mineralisation at Nowthanna occurs as carnotite over intervals of 0.5 to 6m in width within silicified calcrete layers and carbonate rich sandy clays at or near the water table generally within 10m of surface.

Toro Energy Limited (ASX:TOE) Increases Regional Wiluna Uranium Resource by 25% with Acquisition of 70% of Nowthanna Deposit in Western Australia

The United States produced carnotite, a mixed uranium/vanadium ore from 1873 which was also used by the Manhattan project together with later imports from Katanga.

Resources, production and processing of Baltoscandian multimetal black shales

The basement mineralisation appears to be associated with the contact zone between granite and gneiss, which microscopic studies show that the granite is alaskinite and the mineralisation is secondary carnotite, while the Red sand mineralisation identified is aeolian red sand.

High grade uranium mineralisation basement rocks identified