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randite

randite

9.9
A rare mineral that forms yellow crystals and contains uranium
  • noun
  • Specialized
: randita
  • The geologist discovered a beautiful randite crystal in the remote cave.

Examples

  • The shiny yellow randite specimens captivated the attention of all the mineral collectors.

  • During her research, she focused on the properties of randite as a rare mineral.

  • And this is what makes these Libertarian/randite maunderings from you, ryggsuckn', et al. such patent, self-serving idiocy.

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Surface Forms

randite singular
randites plural

Morphology

randite = rand + ite

Although formed with the mineral-name suffix '-ite', the base 'rand' is not a productive English lexical item here (likely a proper name or place), so learners cannot derive the mineral meaning from the parts.

Etymology

Randite ends with the common mineral ending -ite, which means 'rock' or 'mineral' and appears in words like calcite and graphite. The first part rand is likely a person or place name, so a helpful way to remember randite is to think of it as 'Rand's mineral', a yellow crystal mineral that is often handled carefully because it contains uranium.