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Definition of Autunite
1. n. A lemon-yellow phosphate of uranium and calcium occurring in tabular crystals with basal cleavage, and in micalike scales. H., 2-2.5. Sp. gr., 3.05-3.19.
Definition of Autunite
1. Noun. (mineral) A yellow mineral with tetragonal crystals, Ca(UO2)2(PO4)2'''·'''10-12H2O. ¹
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Definition of Autunite
1. a mineral [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Autunite
Literary usage of Autunite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1904)
"AJM autunite and its products of dehydration (Meta-autunite). ... To this second
form the author has given the name meta-autunite. — L. Mel. ..."
2. Lectures on Mineralogy: Delivered at the School of Mines, Columbia College by Thomas Egleston (1886)
"Its general characters are the same as those of autunite; it has the «ame easy
cleavage, and is usually well crystallized. The crystals are often tabular ..."
3. The Mineral Industry by Richard Pennefather Rothwell (1913)
"Radium from autunite.—The possibility of using phosphatic uranium micas and copper
autunite as a source of radium is discussed by F. Glaser.l The specimens ..."
4. Nature by Norman Lockyer, Nature Publishing Group (1875)
"We then have a minute description of the analysis made, and in conclusion Mr.
Church finds the formula of autunite, as it exists in the unaltered crystals, ..."
5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1914)
"A low ratio was confirmed in 1910 by AS Russell,8 who, also in a sample of French
autunite, found only 27% of the normal ratio, while Soddy and Pirret,9 ..."
6. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1883)
"Note on autunite—Mr. HC LEWIS remarked that he had recently investigated the
optical character of the Fairmount autunite. His examination confirmed the ..."
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