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What does torbernite mean?

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  1. (mineralogy) A radioactive green phosphate mineral, isostructural with autunite, found in granites and other uranium-bearing deposits as a secondary mineral.
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During this time it was determined that torbernite, a secondary uranium copper phosphate mineral developed along fracture faces, was the dominant uranium mineral present.
Though closely resembling the tetragonal torbernite in form, it crystallizes in the orthorhombic system and is optically biaxial.
This enrichment seems to be associated with the mineral torbernite, a hydrated copper uranyl phosphate.

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