URANOSPINITE


Meaning of URANOSPINITE in English

ˌyu̇rəˈnäspəˌnīt noun

( -s )

Etymology: German uranospinit, from uran- (II) + Greek spinos chaffinch (taken to mean siskin) + German -it -ite; from its color resembling that of the siskin — more at finch

: a mineral Ca(UO 2 ) 2 (AsO 4 ) 2 .8H 2 O that is a hydrous calcium uranium arsenate, occurs in green tabular crystals, and is isomorphous with zeunerite, torbernite, autunite, saléeite, and uranocircite

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