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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a radioactive mineral consisting of thorium silicate; it is a source of thorium that is found in coarse granite;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

thorite n 1: a radioactive mineral consisting of thorium silicate; it is a source of thorium that is found in coarse granite