URANOCIRCITE


Meaning of URANOCIRCITE in English

ˌyu̇rənōˈsərˌsīt, yəˌrān- noun

( -s )

Etymology: German uranocircit, from uran- (II) + Greek kirkos hawk (translation of German falken in Falkenstein, city in central Germany, its locality) + German -it -ite — more at circaetus

: a mineral Ba(UO 2 ) 2 (PO 4 ) 2 .8H 2 O that is a hydrous barium uranium phosphate in yellow-green crystals and is isomorphous with torbernite, autunite, saléeite, zeunerite, and uranospinite

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