Electronic – this symbol with a uF rating? Some type of capacitor

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This circuit diagram has a symbol I've been unable to identify, which I've indicated with a stylish green arrow. I'm guessing some sort of capacitor based on the uF measurement, but I haven't been able to confirm that in my search through general circuit symbol lists or for capacitor symbols. Can someone clue me in?

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It's an electrolytic capacitor. These are polarized, as the + sign also indicates. This is a less common symbol. Below are the more common ones, European on the left, American on the right.

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Compare to the symbol for a non-polarized capacitor:

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Note: I think the American symbol for a non-polarized cap is a bad one; it suggests that there is some kind of asymmetry where in reality there isn't one.

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From the comments it appears that the supposedly American non-polarized symbol is less common than I thought. I can only speak from my experience, and like I also said in comment, it could be that I've been looking mostly at older schematics (not the tubes, I'm not that old).
I found this schematic within a minute:

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C2 might be an electrolytic (it won't be, will have a too low capacitance), but look at variable capacitor C1.
Also this page.

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Browsing through more symbols encountered also this weirdo (the one on the right):
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