🔤 Thorianite ✨
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URDU
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Roman Urdu:
thorium ki madan, radioactive madaniyat, thorium oxide mineral
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ENGLISH
📚noun
thorianite
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PRONUNCIATION
Standard: /ˈθɔː.ri.ə.naɪt/
Phonetic: /thaw ree uh nyt/
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DEFINITION
a rare, highly radioactive mineral composed primarily of thorium dioxide, often found in heavy beach sands and pegmatites
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES
Geologists discovered trace deposits of radioactive thorianite within the granite samples.
Laboratory tests confirmed that the heavy black mineral specimen was thorianite.
Research teams study thorianite for its potential applications in nuclear energy research.
Handling thorianite requires specialized safety equipment due to its high radioactivity.
Mineralogists value rare cubic crystals of thorianite for museum collections.
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SYNONYMS
thorium ore radioactive oxide mineral thorianite crystal
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