Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Thorite"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thorite \Tho"rite\, n. [So called by Berzelius from the
Scandinavian god Thor. See {Thor}.] (Min.)
A mineral of a brown to black color, or, as in the variety
orangite, orange-yellow. It is essentially a silicate of
thorium.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
thorite
n : a radioactive mineral consisting of thorium silicate; it is
a source of thorium that is found in coarse granite
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