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	Everything Goes Into Pitchblende Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/28/1993; ; 453 words ; EXTRAVAGANTLY haphazard, Pitchblende exults in the possibilities of...can be frustrating at times, but Pitchblende's brief- attention-span...edged and the loose- limbed. PITCHBLENDE - "Kill Atom Smasher" (Fist...
	Catch Pitchblende, Miss Smashing O Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/4/1994; ; 439 words ; A BIT groove-ier than its predecessor, Pitchblende's "Au Jus" occasionally recalls the Fall, notably...stained keys to the other side" that Montejo drops. PITCHBLENDE - "Au Jus" (Fistpuppet/ Cargo). To hear a free Sound...
	Home Help: What did Marie Curie do with pitchblende? Dozy parentswho are floored by such questions can put children off science for life. But help is at hand ... Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 3/26/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...science would be to include larger panels about the way discoveries are made - Marie Curie poking about in her cauldrons of pitchblende, Fleming and his unwashed petri dishes, etc. Kingfisher doesn't mention either of them. This may sound trivial, but...
	CanAlaska Uranium Ltd.: New High Grade Uranium Assays from Summer Program. PR Newswire; 11/2/2007; 700+ words ; ...significant mineralization is from the "Pitchblende Ridge" target area. At this occurrence...up to 16.98% U(3)O(8) The Pitchblende Ridge zone of mineralization is located...lakes which cover the project area. The Pitchblende Ridge boulder train trends up and over...
	Cash Minerals Announces Acquisition of Uranium Properties. Business Wire; 2/16/2005; 700+ words ; ...Abundant boulders with fracture filling pitchblende are scattered across a 150 m width for...claims and consist of finely disseminated pitchblende in chalcopyrite rich pipes within the...claims at Bond. The uranium occurs as pitchblende with iron oxide and minor copper in...
	North American Gem Inc. Acquires the Mosquito Gulch Uranium Property Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 1/18/2007; 700+ words ; ...approximately 2,500 acres with a massive pitchblende showing. The Mosquito Gulch showing is...with the Mosquito Gulch showing include pitchblende and allanite. The uranium is found as pitchblende in narrow fracture fillings and small...
	CanAlaska, Uranium Prospects, and Yellowcake: Grease River Uranium Project Summary of Summer Work and Preliminary Results. PR Newswire; 9/19/2007; 700+ words ; ...perpendicular fractures filled with veined pitchblende mineralization hosted within patchy yellow...15,000 cps within 0.2 to 0.8 cm wide pitchblende veinlets and occasional pitchblende blebs up to 1.5 cm in diameter associated...
	ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM:DENISE BROCK Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 7/20/2006; 700+ words ; ...when Mallinckrodt processed African pitchblende uranium ores, and workers received...official. The plant refined Belgian Congo Pitchblende ore, which contained 65% uranium...concentration of uranium, the Belgian Congo Pitchblende ores contained high concentrations of...
	Alberta Star Purchases 50% of the Eldorado Uranium Mine Mineral Leases in the Port Radium Uranium Belt. Business Wire; 11/15/2005; 700+ words ; ...Cameron Bay fault has formed the locus for the pitchblende deposits. The pitchblende deposits occur in a system of vein-filled...of Canada's principal producers of uranium pitchblende concentrates during the 1930's and 1960...
	Consolidated Pine Channel Gold Corp. Announces Update on Recent Activities. Business Wire; 3/6/1998; 700+ words ; ...Athabasca sandstones on the south shore. A pitchblende showing was discovered in these rocks...Formation in the hanging wall of the fault. Pitchblende showings occur in the basement gneisses...splays from the Black Bay Fault. Thus, pitchblende is found on both sides of the Martin...

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	Curie, Marie Book article from: Medical Discoveries ...such rays. It was known that the ore pitchblende possessed properties similar to those...Research Leads to Results Within the pitchblende the Curies detected the presence of...radioactive than uranium, existed in the pitchblende, but in such small amounts as to be...
	Polonium (revised) Book article from: Chemical Elements: From Carbon to Krypton ...in a naturally occurring ore called pitchblende. Radioactivity is the process by which...Polonium is a relatively rare element. The pitchblende studied by the Curies contained only...It was found in a uranium ore called pitchblende. Becquerel's discovery encouraged...
	Marie Sklodowska Curie Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...before long to turn their attention to pitchblende, a mineral well known for its uranium...immense surprise the radioactivity of pitchblende far exceeded the combined radioactivity...willing to give the Curies a ton of pitchblende, but to process it a laboratory was...