Talk:Uraninite

message: Would be nice to add references to this in the popular culture, as I sometimes see on other pages. For example, the ore Pitchblende features prominently in the 1940 sci-fi move 'Dr. Cyclops'.
:See fictional applications of real materials, and avoid the clutter here. Vsmith 12:44, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Could someone clarify the term 'massive' on the element table (next to pitchblende)?  I'm familiar with pitchblende, but I can't understand the use of 'massive', is it just a weird name for Uraninite that happens to sound like an adjective?  WLU 13:51, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Massive? 

message: The (uranium oxide) mineral Uranite (U3O8) erroneously redirects here. I don't how to change that. Uranite does not currently have a page. It would be better if it redirected to Uranium Oxide. --Morstar (talk) 08:53, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The wikipedia page on U3O8 currently claims it occurs in nature, and calls that pitchblende.--Yannick (talk) 16:13, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Not now - just removed that unsourced statement. Pitchblende in massive and perhaps impure uraninite. Vsmith (talk) 17:01, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The U3O8 page, second paragraph, still claims "U3O8 is ... the form of uranium found in nature." You may also want to check [table] of uranium ore.--Yannick (talk) 17:19, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmm... seems we have a disagreement among references. Vsmith (talk) 17:42, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

text:  Seems Hurlbut & Klein do state that "uraninite is almost always partially oxidized, and thus the actual composition lies between UO2 and U3O8" so p'raps more digging needed. Vsmith (talk) 17:54, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uranite 

message: Will someone knowledgeable please describe how uranite is distributed in the earth? Does one find a vein of it and dig that? Does someone process a mountain of material to extract some? I'm sure there are industry terms that would make it clear where to look and how big a shovel to bring.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fotoguzzi (talk • contribs) 09:39, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Have a look here: Uranium ore depositsGeomartin (talk) 12:48, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Description of deposits? 

message: Uraninite is also really important for geology (especially determining past oxygen levels).  I don't know very much about it, but if there is someone whose chemistry is stronger than mine could add a section on uraninite and geology, that would be really helpful.  Palaeocastor (talk) 15:17, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uraninite and geology 

message: Has pitchblende been analyzed extensively as to its stable elemental content? If the Curies were able to find the radioactive elements 84Po polonium and 92Ra Radium in it with an electroscope the question becomes as to whether there is possibly a stable isotope of either 84Po polonium (and specifically EE84Po210) or any other possibly stable residual radioactive decay product in the residual ore.WFPM (talk) 22:19, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't fully understand your question, but I think you're looking for the  Radium decay series. Radium and Polonium and other intermediary products are all steps in the decay towards stable lead. Geologic deposits should contain all the chain elements in secular equilibrium, unless water has been leaching away the soluble ones like radium and/or allowing the gaseous ones like radon to escape. --Yannick (talk) 18:23, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Residual constituents

message: Aren't major deposits mined in Niger and Kazakhstan?
86.83.56.115 (talk) 12:13, 2 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Occurrence

message: As is noted, the word 'blende' is an old miner's term for a mineral that's deceiving because of its appearance. The german verb 'blenden' means 'to dazzle' or 'to blind', but also 'to deceive'.
I would thus propose to change
from pitch, because of its black color, and blende, a term (otherwise meaning "shade" or "screen") used by German miners to denote minerals whose density suggested metal content, but whose exploitation, at the time they were named, was either unknown, impossible or not economically feasible).
to 
from pitch, because of its black color, and blende, a term used by German miners to denote minerals whose density suggested metal content, but whose exploitation, at the time they were named, was either unknown or not economically feasible (from blenden meaning "to deceive").
Also trying to simplify the sentence a bit. Andy-the-chemist-87 (talk) 12:53, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology