noun
- Plural of carnotite; a yellow or greenish-yellow radioactive mineral containing uranium and vanadium, used as an ore of uranium.
Usage: mineralogy; technical
Examples
- Carnotites were discovered in significant deposits in the Colorado Plateau.
- The mining company extracted carnotites from the ore body for uranium processing.
- Geologists identified several carnotites samples under ultraviolet light due to their fluorescence.
- Carnotites contain both uranium and vanadium, making them economically valuable.
- The yellow crystals of carnotites are characteristic of uranium-bearing mineral deposits.