Login
Ideas
Quotes
Lessons
Words
Username
Password
Login
Cancel
Forgot
password?
Search:
Dictionary
All Posts
Search
Search
Store Your Knowledge at the Brain Bank!
Login
/
Register - It's free!
Username
Password
Login
Cancel
Forgot
password?
pitchblende
Definition
Cancel
Bank This Word!
My Lists
Login to Create a List
Register for Free!
Keep Public?
pitchblende
noun
(pitch-blende)
a brown to black mineral that consists of massive uraninite, has a distinctive luster, contains radium, and is the chief ore-mineral source of uranium
Words Related to
pitchblende
!
uraninite
,
bornite
,
arsenopyrite
,
sphalerite
,
chalcocite
,
pentlandite
,
biotite
,
hornblende
,
molybdenite
,
pegmatite
,
allanite
,
pyrrhotite
,
carnotite
,
chalcopyrite
,
tetrahedrite
,
amphibole
,
syenite
,
scheelite
,
cuprite
,
covellite
,
veinlet
,
dunite
,
stibnite
,
schists
,
autunite
,
chrysocolla
,
actinolite
,
pyroxenite
,
amphibolite
,
muscovite
,
phyllite
,
galena
,
dolomites
,
illite
,
kaolinite
,
sulphides
,
siltstone
,
epidote
,
greisen
,
alkalic
,
norite
,
hornfels
,
detrital
,
gabbro
,
pyrophyllite
,
veinlets
,
diopside
,
haematite
,
ankerite
,
greywacke
,
eclogite
,
stockwork
,
cherty
,
bastnasite
,
pelite
,
bastnaesite
,
halite
,
albite
,
diabase
,
adularia
,
ultrabasic
,
lepidolite
,
anastomosing
,
blebs
,
alunite
,
argillaceous
,
eluvial
,
sericite
,
enargite
,
clastic
,
stratiform
,
phlogopite
,
dacite
,
claystone
,
electrum
,
gneiss
,
monzonite
,
pyrargyrite
,
sulfides
,
gossan
,
aplite
,
pluton
,
argillite
,
lamprophyre
,
supergene
,
mylonite
,
anomalism
,
colluvium
,
limonite
,
chlorite
,
pyrope
,
schistose
,
siderite
,
argentite
,
fuchsite
,
anorthosite
,
porphyries
,
terrane
,
andesite
,
realgar
,
pitchblende
Examples by Brain Bank Users