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    Uraninite, also known as pitchblende, is a radioactive, uranium-rich mineral and ore with a chemical composition that is largely UO2 but because of oxidation...
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    naturally formed in supernova explosions. The primary uranium ore mineral is uraninite (UO2) (previously known as pitchblende). A range of other uranium minerals...
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    Cleveite is an impure radioactive variety of uraninite containing uranium, found in Norway. It has the composition UO2 with about 10% of the uranium substituted...
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    and in hydrothermal vein type deposits. It occurs in association with uraninite, thorite, pyrite, marcasite, roscoelite, clay minerals and amorphous organic...
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    fractures, joints, and minor faults within the Katanga synclinorium. Uraninite mineralization occurred 630 Ma ago, when uraniferous solutions percolated...
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  • asbestiform serpentine) Citrine (yellow variety of quartz) Cleveite (variety of uraninite) Clinochrysotile (polytype of chrysotile) Coltan (short for minerals of...
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    is now not regarded as a separate mineral species, but as a variety of uraninite. In 1903, large reserves of helium were found in natural gas fields in...
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    1898 from ore mined at Jáchymov. They extracted the radium compound from uraninite and published the discovery at the French Academy of Sciences five days...
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    oxides, silicates, and hydrates of uranium, derived from the alteration of uraninite. It is named for its gum-like luster. The material has been known by various...
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    Fergana Valley, Kyrgyzstan. Tyuyamunite is formed by the weathering of uraninite, a uranium-bearing mineral. Tyuyamunite, being a hydrous mineral, contains...
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