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cerussite

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English

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Cerussite

Etymology

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

Noun

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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

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  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[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

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Italian

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Noun

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cerussite f (plural cerussiti)

  1. (mineralogy) cerussite

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