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The Probert Encyclopaedia of Rocks & Minerals

THORITE

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Thorite, so called by Berzelius from the Scandinavian god Thor, is a mineral of a brown to black colour, or, as in the variety orangite, orange-yellow, and with a glassy lustre. It is essentially a silicate of thorium. Thorite is chiefly found in Norway and Sri Lanka.
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