curite

curite
/kyoor"uyt/, n.
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb2U5O174H2O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
[ < F (1921), after Pierre CURIE; see -ITE1]

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