Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A basic sulphate of uranium, occurring in delicate needle-like crystals of a bright-yellow color: it is found at Joachimsthal.
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- noun mineralogy A
hydrous potassium uranium sulfate mineral with chemical formula K4(UO2)6(SO4)3(OH)10·4(H2O), forming yellow to reddish-brownmonoclinic -prismatic crystals with perfectcleavage and formerly used in the manufacture ofpaint .
Etymologies
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F X M Zippe, Prague mineralogist, and -ite.
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Examples
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Uranium produces the yellow color of zippeite, (hydrated potassium uranyl sulfate hydroxide).
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Uranium produces the yellow color of zippeite, (hydrated potassium uranyl sulfate hydroxide).
reesetee commented on the word zippeite
If I were a mineral, I'd want to be called this.
August 26, 2009