uraninite
Noun
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A mineral consisting chiefly of uranium oxide with some lead, thorium, etc., occurring in black octahedrons, also in masses with a pitchlike luster; pitchblende.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
pitchblende
gadolinite
fergusonite
carnotite
allanite
cerite
euxenite
orthite
torbernite
fluocerite
bastnasite
autunite
keilhauite
brannerite
U308
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Discovery details Radium was discovered by Marie Sklodowska-Curie and her husband Pierre Curie on 21 December 1898, in a uraninite sample.
They extracted the radium compound from uraninite and published the discovery at the French Academy of Sciences five days later.