Carnotite Definition

kärnə-tīt
noun
A yellow, very soft, radioactive, monoclinic mineral, K2(UO2)2(VO4)23H2O, that is a source of uranium, radium, and vanadium.
Webster's New World

Origin of Carnotite

  • French after Marie Adolphe Carnot (died 1920), French mining engineer

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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