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Thorite

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thorutitenoun(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, thorium, titanium, and uranium.
thorianitenoun(mineralogy) A radioactive mineral containing thorium dioxide (ThO₂) plus oxides of uranium, lanthanum, cerium neodymium and praseodymium in smaller quantities.
thorianoun(mineralogy) The rare earth thorium oxide.
thorogummitenoun(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and thorium.
thorikositenoun(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal light yellow mineral containing antimony, arsenic, chlorine, hydrogen, lead, and oxygen.
thorosteenstrupinenoun(mineralogy) An amorphous mineral containing calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, silicon, and thorium.
thorbastnasitenoun(mineralogy) A hexagonal-ditrigonal dipyramidal brown mineral containing calcium, carbon, cerium, fluorine, hydrogen, oxygen, and thorium.
thoreaulitenoun(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing oxygen, tantalum, and tin.
thoriumnounA chemical element (symbol Th) with atomic number 90. A weakly radioactive, malleable, moderately hard silvery metal that tarnishes black when exposed to air.
thorinumnounArchaic form of thorium. [A chemical element (symbol Th) with atomic number 90. A weakly radioactive, malleable, moderately hard silvery metal that tarnishes black when exposed to air.]
thornasitenoun(mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and thorium.
thorotrastnoun(medicine) A radiographic contrast medium composed of a suspension of thorium dioxide.
thorinnoun(organic chemistry) A highly toxic indicator used in the determination of barium, beryllium, lithium, uranium and thorium compounds.
thorium emanationnoun(obsolete) Synonym of thoron (“the isotope radon-220”).
thoruraniumnoun(rare, dated) Uranium-236.
thortveititenoun(mineralogy) A scandium yttrium silicate mineral, greyish-green, black or grey in colour, the primary source of scandium.
orangitenoun(mineralogy) An orange-yellow variety of thorite, found in Norway.
yttrocrasitenoun(mineralogy) An oxide of (primarily) titanium and yttrium, with small to moderate amounts of thorium, uranium, cerium, and calcium substituting for some of the yttrium and traces of iron, tungsten, columbium, and tantalum substituting for some of the titanium.
radiothuliumnounradioactive thulium
yttrialitenoun(mineralogy) A rare, highly radioactive yttrium thorium sorosilicate mineral with conchoidal fracture.

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