kasolite
noun · first attested 1921
It comes from the mine that supplied most of the uranium for the first atomic bombs.
An uncommon lead uranyl silicate monohydrate, the only accepted lead uranium silicate.
Kasolo·Democratic Republic of the Congo
-11.0519°S 26.5458°E · Q22540583
Record
- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 1921
- Part of speech
- noun
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Kasolo
- In English
kasolite
Alfred Schoep described kasolite in Comptes Rendus in 1921 as a new radioactive mineral from the Kasolo workings in Katanga. The site became better known as the Shinkolobwe mine, whose exceptionally rich pitchblende was shipped to the United States for the Manhattan Project. The type specimen is at the Natural History Museum in Paris, catalogued 121.287.