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Chernobylite

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Chernobylite

Chernobylite is a technogenic mineral, a crystalline zirconium silicate with high (up to 10%) content of uranium as a solid solution.

It was discovered in the corium produced in the Chernobyl accident, a lava-like glassy material formed in the nuclear meltdown of reactor core 4. Chernobylite is highly radioactive due to its high uranium content and contamination by fission products.

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