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carnotite

Potassium uranium vanadate, K2(UO2)2(VO4) 2.3H2O, a radioactive ore of vanadium and uranium with traces of radium.

A yellow powdery mineral, it is mined chiefly in the Colorado Plateau, USA; Radium Hill, Australia; and Shaba, the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire).


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News of the new valuable mineral carnotite, containing both uranium and vanadium (used to harden steel), had reached the United States (1).
Collecting crystals is a popular Swiss hobby, and many displays include minerals -- such as zircon, coffinite, carnotite, monazite, brannerite, titanite and pitchblende -- containing radon-emitting uranium or thorium.
 
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