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pitch·blende

 (pĭch′blĕnd′)
n.
A massive variety of the mineral uraninite.

[Partial translation of German Pechblende : Pech, pitch + Blende, blende; see blende.]
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pitchblende

(ˈpɪtʃˌblɛnd)
n
(Minerals) a blackish mineral that is a type of uraninite and occurs in veins, frequently associated with silver: the principal source of uranium and radium. Formula: UO2
[C18: partial translation of German Pechblende, from Pech pitch2 (from its black colour) + blende]
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pitch•blende

(ˈpɪtʃˌblɛnd)

n.
a massive variety of uraninite, occurring in black pitchlike masses: a major ore of uranium and radium.
[1760–70; partial translation of German Pechblende. See pitch2, blende]
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pitch·blende

(pĭch′blĕnd′)
A brown to black, often crusty mineral that is a principal ore of uranium. It is highly radioactive.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.pitchblende - a mineral consisting of uranium oxide and trace amounts of radium and thorium and polonium and lead and helium; uraninite in massive form is called pitchblende which is the chief uranium ore
atomic number 92, uranium, U - a heavy toxic silvery-white radioactive metallic element; occurs in many isotopes; used for nuclear fuels and nuclear weapons
uranium ore - any ore from which uranium can be extracted
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Translations
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pechblenda

pitchblende

[ˈpɪtʃblend] Npec(h)blenda f
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For example, 1979 hole BL-066 intersected 1,656 ppm uranium over 0.20 metres in a section containing visible grains of pitchblende, a uranium mineral commonly found associated with Athabasca Basin uranium deposits.
Primary minerals like uraninite, coffinite, pitchblende are found below water table while secondary minerals like uranophane, metatyuyamunite, carnotite are found in the the oxidized environments/above water table hosted by Vihowa group in Sulaiman, Manchar/Vihowa group in Kirthar and Potwar group in Kohat and Potwar basins.
1898: Marie and Pierre Curie announced their discovery of radium after painstaking processing of the mineral pitchblende, from which they had already discovered polonium.
Polvo, a banker, mistakes Clarence for a rich American businessman and tries to sell him shares in a pitchblende mine in Morocco, saying "'Pitchblende has uranium in it.
While he was working in his experimental laboratory in Berlin in 1789, he was able to precipitate a yellow compound (likely sodium diuranate) by dissolving pitchblende Fig.
Devoting her attention to the mineral, pitchblende, uraninite ore, she reasoned that its emission of rays could be explained only by the presence in the ore of an unknown substance or substances.
Basically in Pakistan uranium is deposited in three types Uraninite, Pitchblende and Coffinite.
Marie Curie (nee Sklodowska) and Pierre Curie isolated the element in 1898 from pitchblende after separation of uranium and thorium [1].
pitchblende, radium, precious stones, copper, iron, tin, zinc, asbestos,
Which elements were first discovered in the mineral pitchblende? 5.
Quan, "Direct evidences for reduction of pitchblende by pitch in the Sawapuqi uranium deposit, Xinjiang," Bulletin of Mineralogy Petrology and Geochemistry, vol.