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Definition of Gummite
1. Noun. A gummy orange mixture of uranium oxides and silicates occurring naturally in the hydration and oxidation of pitchblende.
Definition of Gummite
1. n. A yellow amorphous mineral, essentially a hydrated oxide of uranium derived from the alteration of uraninite.
Definition of Gummite
1. Noun. (minerology) A yellow, amorphous mineral, a mixture of oxides and silicates of uranium, formed by weathering of pitchblende. ¹
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Definition of Gummite
1. a mixture of various minerals [n -S]
Medical Definition of Gummite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gummite
Literary usage of Gummite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mineralogy Simplified: Easy Methods of Identifying Minerals, Including Ores by Henry Erni, Amos Peaslee Brown (1908)
"gummite. Uranium oxides, etc. Amorphous. H = 2.5-3; G=3.9-4.2. Color orange to
reddish-yellow; dull to greasy luster; streak yellow. ..."
2. The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana. 1837-1868: Descriptive Mineralogy by James Dwight Dana, Edward Salisbury Dana (1892)
"Marie, on the north side of L. Superior; it appears to be a uraninite partly
altered to gummite. Analyses.—1, Whitney, Am. J. Se., 7, 434, 1849, 5th ed., p. ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1895)
"... referred to in my previous communication, is seen both in gummite and ...
but in one case (gummite) it is seen without D3, and in the other with it; ..."
4. The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana, 1837-1868: Descriptive Mineralogy by James Dwight Dana, Edward Salisbury Dana (1920)
"Alt,—The hydrous mineral called gummite occurs asa result of Ihe alteration
of "this species; ... for the essential pan of gummite which is associated with ..."
5. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1905)
"... the parent mineral of thoro- gummite) was next in the amount of radio-activity
exhibited. It showed about half the intensity of ..."
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