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A mineral consisting of lead carbonate that is an important source of lead
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cerussite
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WordNet
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n. a mineral consisting of lead carbonate that is an important source of lead [syn: white lead ore ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Cerusite \Ce"ru*site\, Cerussite \Ce"rus*site\, n. (Min.) Native lead carbonate; a mineral occurring in colorless, white, or yellowish transparent crystals, with an adamantine, also massive and compact.
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Cerussite (also known as lead carbonate or white lead ore ) is a mineral consisting of lead carbonate (PbCO), and an important ore of lead. The name is from the Latin cerussa , white lead. Cerussa nativa was mentioned by Conrad Gessner in 1565, and in 1832 ...
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n. (context mineral English) A mineral form of lead carbonate, leadcarbonoxygen 3 , that is an ore of lead.