PITCHBLENDE


Meaning of PITCHBLENDE in English

/pich"blend'/ , n. Mineral.

a massive variety of uraninite, occurring in black pitchlike masses: a major ore of uranium and radium.

[ 1760-70; half trans., half adoption of G Pechblende. See PITCH 2 , BLENDE ]

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