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Gummite

Gum′mite

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Noun.
[So called because it occurs in rounded or flattened pieces which look like gum.]
(Min.)
A yellow amorphous mineral, essentially a hydrated oxide of uranium derived from the alteration of uraninite.

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gummite

gummite

English

Gummite

Noun

gummite (countable and uncountable, plural gummites)

  1. (mineralogy) A yellow, amorphous mineral, a mixture of oxides and silicates of uranium, formed by weathering of pitchblende.

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