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Curie discovery (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

radium

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">curie discovery</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for radium that I've seen before include "Radioactive metallic element found in pitchblende" , "Chemical element, Ra" , "Metallic element discovered by the Curies" , "Curie-found element" , "Radioactive metal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal, The Sunday Times and The Times.
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