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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
gummite
 
SYLLABICATION:gum·mite
PRONUNCIATION:  gmt
NOUN: An orange-red to grayish yellow mixture of several uranium oxides, silicates, and salts occurring naturally in the oxidation and hydration of uraninite.
ETYMOLOGY:German Gummit, from Gummi, gum, from Middle High German, from Medieval Latin, from Latin. See gum1.
 
 
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