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Thorium vs Thornasite - What's the difference?

thorium | thornasite |

As nouns the difference between thorium and thornasite

is that thorium is a chemical element (symbol Th) with atomic number 90 while thornasite is a trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and thorium.

thorium

English

Noun

(-) (wikipedia thorium)
  • A chemical element (symbol Th) with atomic number 90.

    • Synonyms

    * thorinum

    Derived terms

    * eka-thorium * thoria * thorian * thoriated * thoric * thorinic * * thorium chloride * thorium dioxide * thorium lead * thorium nitrate * thorium oxide * thorium series * thorium sulfate, thorium sulphate * thoron * uranium-thorium dating

    Related terms

    * Thor * thorite * thorotrast

    thornasite

    English

    Noun

  • (mineralogy) A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, sodium, and thorium.

    • References

    * Thornasite in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Thornasite.shtml]