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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A radioactive mineral that crystallizes in the isometric system, occurs in worn cubic crystals, is brownish black to reddish brown in color, and has resinous luster ...  1, record 1, English, - thorianite

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... hardness is 7 on the Mohs scale, and specific gravity is 9.7-9.8.  1, record 1, English, - thorianite

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Chemical formula: ThO₂  2, record 1, English, - thorianite

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

C'est un minéral [...] à éclat submétallique, noir, à poussière noire; cassure inégale; d=6, 5, [la masse spécifique]=9, 8. Elle a son gîte primaire dans certaines pegmatites, mais assez stable, on la trouvera dans certains sables associés avec des minéraux stables et de haute densité : zircon, ilménite, geikélite, thorite, monazite, etc.  1, record 1, French, - thorianite

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Formule chimique : ThO₂  2, record 1, French, - thorianite

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Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A mineral that occurs in tetragonal prisms, has various colors and is a common accessory mineral in siliceous igneous rocks, crystalline limestones.  2, record 2, English, - zircon

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It is the chief ore of zirconium, and is used as a refractory; when cut and polished, the colorless varieties provide exceptionally brilliant gemstones.  2, record 2, English, - zircon

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Chemical formula: ZrSiO₄ or ZrO₂•SiO₂  2, record 2, English, - zircon

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[...] nésosilicate de zirconium [...] dont la structure est semblable à celle de la thorite, silicate de thorium [...]  2, record 2, French, - zircon

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Le zircon [...] est une pierre semi-précieuse contrefaisant assez bien le diamant. Il est utilisé industriellement comme réfractaire.  3, record 2, French, - zircon

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Sa couleur est variable : brun ou brun rougeâtre, mais également jaune, vert et bleu; les zircons incolores ne sont pas rares : ces derniers, ainsi que les variétés colorées, sont employés comme pierres semi-précieuses.  2, record 2, French, - zircon

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C’est l’un des minerais les plus importants de zirconium.  2, record 2, French, - zircon

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Formule chimique : ZrSiO₄ ou ZrO₂•SiO₂  4, record 2, French, - zircon

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Silicato natural de circonio.  1, record 2, Spanish, - circ%C3%B3n

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Fórmula química: ZrSiO₄ o ZrO₂•SiO₂  2, record 2, Spanish, - circ%C3%B3n

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A variety of thorite containing a relatively high proportion of uranium.  2, record 3, English, - uranothorite

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Chemical formula: (U,Th)SiO₄  3, record 3, English, - uranothorite

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Variété de thorite contenant de l'uranium.  2, record 3, French, - uranothorite

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[Ce minéral] se présente en nodules ou en cristaux trapus noirs dans les pegmatites ou dans certaines carbonatites.  3, record 3, French, - uranothorite

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Formule chimique : (U,Th)SiO₄  4, record 3, French, - uranothorite

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Silicato de torio y uranio [...]  1, record 3, Spanish, - uranotorita

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Fórmula química: (U,Th)SiO₄  2, record 3, Spanish, - uranotorita

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

An orange variety of [the mineral] thorite.  2, record 4, English, - orangite

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Chemical formula: (Th,U)SiO₄  3, record 4, English, - orangite

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Variété orange brillant [du minéral] thorite.  1, record 4, French, - orangite

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Formule chimique : (Th,U)SiO₄  2, record 4, French, - orangite

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Silicato hidratado de torio [...] que cristaliza en el sistema cuadrático [...]  1, record 4, Spanish, - orangita

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[La orangita] es un mineral transparente o traslúcido, de color anaranjado.  1, record 4, Spanish, - orangita

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Fórmula química: (Th,U)SiO₄  2, record 4, Spanish, - orangita

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A radioactive mineral consisting of thorium silicate.  2, record 5, English, - thorite

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The radioactivity of thorite often brings it to a state of metamiction, in which its crystal structure becomes unstable thereby causing the crystal edges to become smooth and rounded. When this happens, the thorite may gain hydroxyl (OH) molecules in place of the silica (SiO₄) molecules and transform into a different mineral, thorogummite.  3, record 5, English, - thorite

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Thorite is currently an important ore of uranium. A variety of thorite often called "uranothorite" is particularly rich in uranium ... Other varieties of thorite include "orangite," an orange variety; "calciothorite" an impure variety with trace amounts of calcium and "freyalite" actually a discredited variety containing cerium ([which] turned out to be an altered form of the mineral melanocerite).  4, record 5, English, - thorite

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Chemical formulas: (Th,U)SiO₄ or (Th,Fe,Y,P,Ca)SiO₄  5, record 5, English, - thorite

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Silicate naturel de thorium, du système cristallin quadratique [pouvant] contenir jusqu’à 25 % d’uranium.  2, record 5, French, - thorite

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La variété orangite possède une couleur jaune-orangé [...] Il existe une variété uranifère, l’uranothorite.  3, record 5, French, - thorite

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Formules chimiques : (Th,U)SiO₄ ou (Th,Fe,Y,P,Ca)SiO₄  4, record 5, French, - thorite

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Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT

... "chocolate-brown" thorium minerals (thorite, Th-Y silicates) ....  1, record 7, English, - thorium%20mineral

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[...] minéraux thorifères brun chocolat(thorite, silicates de Th-Y) [...]  1, record 7, French, - min%C3%A9ral%20thorif%C3%A8re

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Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A mineral, the crystal structure of which has been disrupted by radiation from contained radioactive atoms.  2, record 8, English, - metamict%20mineral

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Emission from radioactive elements in a mineral, commonly produces metamict "haloes" in surrounding minerals, while at the same time the radioactive mineral itself suffers complete destruction of its structure. Metamict minerals can be reconverted to a crystalline form by moderate heating, but whether the structures attained correspond to those which existed before radiation damage occurred is questionable.  3, record 8, English, - metamict%20mineral

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Les minéraux métamictes sont optiquement isotropes et amorphes aux rayons X, d’éclat vitreux ou résineux; sans clivage, ils ont une cassure conchoïdale. Ils sont toujours radioactifs, et c'est la radioactivité [alpha] de l'uranium ou du thorium qu'ils contiennent qui a provoqué la destruction de leur réseau cristallin. Cette métamictisation est plus ou moins complète; par chauffage, ils peuvent recristalliser en émettant de la chaleur. On citera : gadolinite [...], thorite [...], fergusonite [...] euxénite [...]  1, record 8, French, - min%C3%A9ral%20m%C3%A9tamicte

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Record 9,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

A mineral. It is a variety of thorite containing lime (...) of Norway.  1, record 9, English, - calciothorite

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Substance minérale renfermant du calcium et résultant de l'altération de la thorite.  1, record 9, French, - calciothorite

Record 9,  Textual support,  Spanish