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Definition of Curite
1. Noun. (minerology) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and uranium. ¹
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Definition of Curite
1. a radioactive mineral [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Curite
Literary usage of Curite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Institutes of Justinian: With English Introduction, Translation, and Notes by Corpus juris civilis Institutiones, Thomas Collett Sandars (1859)
"The sanction of the curite was probably necessary to its validity, when the family
of a member of the curia was affected. If the person adopted was sui ..."
2. Bulletin by Geological Survey of Western Australia (1905)
"In crystalline or irregular masses often coated with curite or malachite. Bed,
opaque, metallic. ..."