Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A yellow ore of uranium and radium with composition K(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A more or less impure hydrated vanadate of uranium and potash, occurring somewhat abundantly in Montrose county and elsewhere in Colorado: found as a yellow crystalline powder or in loosely coherent masses. It contains radium and is said to be highly radio-active.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A yellow
mineral that is apotassium uranyl vanadate that is a majorore oruranium , with thechemical formula K 2(U O 2)2(V O4)2·3H2O.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a yellow radioactive mineral; an ore of uranium and radium and vanadium
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But the discovery in 1924 of a large pitchblende deposit in the Belgian Congo provided a more dependable radium supply and the interest in American carnotite fizzled.
Yellow Dirt Judy Pasternak 2010
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Did he happen to know where they might find an ore called carnotite?
Yellow Dirt Judy Pasternak 2010
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The first plant was created in France and worked very successfully, but afterwards manufactures were founded in other countries, the most important of which are now in America, where great quantities of radium ore, named "carnotite," are available.
Pierre Curie 1923
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Specifically, Roosevelt was interested in developing a domestic supply of carnotite, which yields uranium and vanadium.
Judy Pasternak's Navajo uranium study "Yellow Dirt," reviewed by Ann Cummins Ann Cummins 2010
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In August 1942, the company sealed a deal to mine carnotite in Cane Valley; the agreement stipulated that VCA must employ Navajo miners.
Judy Pasternak's Navajo uranium study "Yellow Dirt," reviewed by Ann Cummins Ann Cummins 2010
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Specifically, Roosevelt was interested in developing a domestic supply of carnotite, which yields uranium and vanadium.
Judy Pasternak's Navajo uranium study "Yellow Dirt," reviewed by Ann Cummins Ann Cummins 2010
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In August 1942, the company sealed a deal to mine carnotite in Cane Valley; the agreement stipulated that the VCA must employ Navajo miners.
Judy Pasternak's Navajo uranium study "Yellow Dirt," reviewed by Ann Cummins Ann Cummins 2010
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This was considered plentiful compared to the uranium in the carnotite stock.
Yellow Dirt Judy Pasternak 2010
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Anyone who found a new deposit would also earn a fine bonus, $10,000, on the first delivery of carnotite or similar rocks.
Yellow Dirt Judy Pasternak 2010
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He discovered carnotite ore of the same chemical composition as the rock from the Cameron pits that had been processed in Tuba City.
Yellow Dirt Judy Pasternak 2010
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