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Meaning of curite | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and uranium.

uncountable, usually

Examples

“The color is lighter than that of curite.”
“The present note relates to the behaviour of uranium minerals such as uraninite, curite, and uranophane in high-tension separators.”
“1982, R. W. Boyle, Geochemical Prospecting for Thorium and Uranium Deposits, Elsevier, Developments in Economic Geology: 16, page 68, Yellow, orange, greenish, and bluish oxidation products of uranium and copper comprising gummite and containing minerals such as curite, liebigite, malachite and azurite may be developed locally in the oxidized rubble and gossans.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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