cheralite
noun1
- Any of a range of yellowish-brown to green minerals that are mixed phosphates of (primarily) calcium and thorium, associated with uraniferous deposits.
- Small-sized cheralite is disseminated in cavities of lateritic soil particles (e.g., of sericitized orthoclase) of the Morro do Ferro deposit, Minas Gerais, southeaster Brazil. — 2013
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