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What does carnotite mean?

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  1. (mineralogy) A yellow mineral that is a potassium uranyl vanadate that is a major ore or uranium, with the chemical formula K2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O.
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When it is exposed to weathering, a thin yellow-green coating of carnotite or tyuyamunite may form on its surface.
Tyuyamunite is closely related to carnotite as indicated by the chemical formula.
It is found in a number of minerals, including vanadinite, carnotite, roscoelite, and patronite.
Pitchblende is the best, but carnotite, which is a gray rock with yellowish streaks, is also good ore.
But it seems to be pulverized ore, and my guess would be carnotite.
But couldn't the carnotite have been stolen from a privately owned mine?

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