curite

== English == === Etymology === From Curie (“a surname”) +‎ -ite, after Pierre Curie and/or his wife Marie, early researchers of radioactivity — the ore being radioactive due to its uranium. === Noun === curite (usually uncountable, plural curites) (mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and uranium. 1982, R. W. Boyle, Geochemical Prospecting for Thorium and Uranium Deposits, Elsevier, Developments in Economic Geology: 16, page 68, Yellow, orange, greenish, and bluish oxidation products of uranium and copper comprising gummite and containing minerals such as curite, liebigite, malachite and azurite may be developed locally in the oxidized rubble and gossans. === References === David Barthelmy (1997–2026), “Curite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database. === Anagrams === -uretic, Ceruti, curiet, eutric, uretic