Gummite, the Glossary
Gummite is a yellow amorphous mixture of uranium minerals, oxides, silicates, and hydrates of uranium, derived from the alteration of uraninite.[1]
Table of Contents
4 relations: Jáchymov, Lake Superior, Uraninite, Uranium.
- Uranium minerals
Jáchymov
Jáchymov (Sankt Joachimsthal or Joachimsthal) is a spa town in Karlovy Vary District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic.
Lake Superior
Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface areaThe Caspian Sea is the largest lake, but is saline, not freshwater.
Uraninite
Uraninite, also known as pitchblende, is a radioactive, uranium-rich mineral and ore with a chemical composition that is largely UO2 but because of oxidation typically contains variable proportions of U3O8.
Uranium
Uranium is a chemical element; it has symbol U and atomic number 92.
See also
Uranium minerals
- Betafite
- Chernobylite
- Clarkeite
- Davidite
- Ellsworthite
- Euxenite
- Greenlizardite
- Gummite
- Mathesiusite
- Mckelveyite-(Y)
- Meyrowitzite
- Polycrase
- Steacyite
- Umohoite
- Uramphite
- Uranopolycrase
- Vandenbrandeite
- Wyartite
- Yingjiangite
- Yttrogummite
- Zellerite
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gummite
Also known as Coracite, Eliasite, Pechuran, Pittinite, Urangummit, Uranogummite.