Uraninite (pitchblende)
Black uranium oxide, the main uranium ore; its massive, poorly crystallised form is called pitchblende.
Composition
UO2, partly oxidised to U3O8; cubic.
Sources
In the atlas
- Athabasca basin (unconformity uranium province) Canada
- Shea Creek (Athabasca) Canada
- Olympic Dam Australia
- Tim Mersoï basin (Arlit, Akouta, Imouraren) Niger
- Rössing Namibia
- Inkai (Chu-Sarysu basin) Kazakhstan
- Tulukuevskoye Russia
- Rophin France