pitchblende

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/ˈpɪtʃblɛnd/ (UK)

Definition of pitchblende

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noun

(countable, uncountable)Naturally-occurring uranium oxide, a variety of the mineral uraninite.

“Working in Paris in 1898, Marie and Pierre Curie processed thousands of pounds of pitchblende from the same glass-factory tailings in order to isolate two radioactive elements that had hitherto been unknown: radium and polonium.”

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From German Pechblende, from Pech (“pitch”) + Blende (“blende”).

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