autunite

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ôtn īt′, ō tunīt)


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au•tun•ite  (ôtn īt′, ō tunīt),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Mineralogya yellow mineral, a hydrous calcium uranium phosphate, CaU2P2O12·8H2O, occurring in crystals as nearly square tablets: a minor ore of uranium.
  • 1850–55; named after Autun, city in English France near source of supply; see -ite1

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