thorianite

English

Noun

thorianite (countable and uncountable, plural thorianites)

1. (mineralogy) A radioactive mineral containing thorium dioxide (ThO₂) plus oxides of uranium, lanthanum, cerium neodymium and praseodymium in smaller quantities.

Translations

mineral

• Finnish: torianiitti
• Italian: torianite f

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Thorianite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “thorianite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.