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1. (n.) pitchblende
a massive variety of uraninite, occurring in black pitchlike masses: a major ore of uranium and radium.

Etymology: (1760–70; partial trans. of G Pechblende. See pitch², blende)

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1. (noun) uraninite, 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

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1. (noun) pitchblende
a pitch-black mineral consisting chiefly of the oxide of uranium; uraninite. See Uraninite

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