gummite Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a gummy orange mixture of uranium oxides and silicates occurring naturally in the hydration and oxidation of pitchblende

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Gum"mite noun
Etymology
So called because it occurs in rounded or flattened pieces which look like gum.
Definitions
  1. (Min.) A yellow amorphous mineral, essentially a hydrated oxide of uranium derived from the alteration of uraninite.

Webster 1913