cerussite

English
Cerussite

Etymology

From Latin cērussa (“white lead”) +‎ -ite.[1]

Noun

cerussite (countable and uncountable, plural cerussites)

  1. (mineralogy) A mineral form of lead carbonate, PbCO3, that is an ore of lead.
    Synonym: white lead ore

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References
  1. James D. Dana: Dana's System of Mineralogy. Volume II, seventh edition, revised by Charles Palache, Harry Berman, and Clifford Frondel. John Wiley & Sons, 1951
  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Cerussite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “cerussite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

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Italian

Noun

cerussite f (plural cerussiti)

  1. (mineralogy) cerussite

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