anglesite

anglesite
noun Etymology: French anglésite, from Anglesey Island, Wales Date: circa 1841 a mineral consisting of lead sulfate formed by the oxidation of galena

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  • Anglesite — Infobox mineral name = Anglesite category = Sulfate mineral boxwidth = boxbgcolor = imagesize = caption = formula = PbSO4 molweight = color = Colorless to white, commonly tintedgray; orange, yellow, green, blue, rarely violet habit = Granular,… …   Wikipedia

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  • anglesite — noun A crystalline mineral form of lead sulfate, PbSO, formed by the weathering of galena. A curious form of anglesite was noticed in a specimen from Durango, Iowa …   Wiktionary

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  • anglesite — ˈaŋgəlˌsīt, gləˌ noun ( s) Etymology: French anglesite, from Anglesey island, Wales, its locality + French ite : a common secondary mineral consisting of lead sulfate PbSO4 and formed by the oxidation of galena …   Useful english dictionary

  • anglesite —    A cave mineral PbSO4 [11] …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

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