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Uraninite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pitchblende (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pitchblende was a four-piece art-punk band from Washington, DC, featuring Justin Chearno on guitar, Scott DeSimon on bass, Patrick Gough on drums, and Treiops Treyfid on guitar. Between 1991 and 1995...
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on pitchblende (mineral), amorphous, black, pitchy form of the crystalline uranium oxide mineral uraninite; it is one of the primary mineral ores of uranium, containing 50–80 percent of that element. ... Three chemical elements were first discovered in pitchblende: uranium by the...
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Definition of pitchblende from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. ... Learn more about "pitchblende" and related topics at Britannica.com...
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about pitchblende. pitchblende. Information about pitchblende in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... The uranium yield is 50–80%; it is also a source of radium, polonium, and actinium. Pitchblende was first studied by Pierre and Marie Curie, who found radium and polonium in its residues in 1898...
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pitchblende (pich'blend") [key], dark, lustrous, heavy mineral, a source of radium and uranium. Largely natural uranium oxide, UO2 and UO3, it usually contains some lead and variable amounts of thorium and rare-earth elements.
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