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Webster 1913 Edition


Pyromorphite

Pyrˊo-mor′phite

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Noun.
[G.
pyromorphit
, from Gr. [GREEK] fire +
μορφή
form.]
(Min.)
Native lead phosphate with lead chloride, occurring in bright green and brown hexagonal crystals and also massive; – so called because a fused globule crystallizes in cooling.