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Torbernite
Tor′bern-ite
,Noun.
[So named after
Torber
Bergmann, a Swedish chemist.] (Min.)
A mineral occurring in emerald-green tabular crystals having a micaceous structure. It is a hydrous phosphate of uranium and copper. Called also
copper uranite
, and chalcolite
. Definition 2024
torbernite
torbernite
English
Noun
torbernite (countable and uncountable, plural torbernites)
- (mineralogy) A radioactive green phosphate mineral, isostructural with autunite, found in granites and other uranium-bearing deposits as a secondary mineral.