combining form of URANITE, URANIUM, occurring in a few terms, as uranatemnite, etc. (see quots.).
Cf. G. Uran-ocher, -oxyd, -vitriol; F. uranochre.
1843. E. J. Chapman, Min., 104. *Uranatemnite. (Pitchblende.) … Sk. black; no cleavage.
1843. Penny Cycl., XXVI. 40/1. Carbonate of Uranium, *Uran Bloom.
1805. Phil. Trans., XCV. 348. If this mineral be the *Uran-glimmer [= uran-mica].
1837. Dana, Min., 246. Uranite. Uranalus Quadratus.… Chalcolite-Uranglimmer.
1816. Jameson, Syst. Min. (ed. 2), III. 553. Uranium. This Order contains three species, viz. Pitch-ore, *Uran-mica, and Uran-ochre.
1855. Orr’s Circ. Sci., Geol., etc., 548. Autunite.—Yellow Uranite, Uran-mica, Phosphate of Uranium.
1812. Sir H. Davy, Chem. Philos., 424. Uranium … may be procured from the ores called Pechblende, and *Uranochre.
1855. Orr’s Circ. Sci., Geol., etc. 506. Pechuran.—Pitch Blende, Uran Ochre,… Oxide of Uranium.
c. 1840. Encycl. Metrop. (1845), VI. 518/2. Pitchblende. *Uran-pitch-ore.
1850. Ansted, Elem. Geol., Min., etc. § 492. Johannite, *Uran vitriol, sulphate of uranium.
