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Cerussite

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Ce′rus-site

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Noun.

(Min.)

Native lead carbonate; a mineral occurring in colorless, white, or yellowish transparent crystals, with an adamantine, also massive and compact.

Definition 2024

cerussite

cerussite

English

Cerussite

Noun

cerussite ‎(countable and uncountable, plural cerussites)

(mineralogy) A mineral form of lead carbonate, Pb C O₃, that is an ore of lead.

Translations

mineral

Catalan: cerussita f
French: cérusite (fr) f
German: Cerussit m

Hungarian: cerusszit
Italian: cerussite f
Polish: cerusyt (pl) m

See also

↑ 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