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A mineral consisting of lead chloride and phosphate
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pyromorphite
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n. (context mineralogy English) A yellowish-green mineral, a mixed phosphate and chloride of lead with the chemical formula lead 5 (phosphorusoxygen 4 ) 3 chlorine, that is sometimes mined as an ore.
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Pyromorphite \Pyr`o*mor"phite\, n. [G. pyromorphit, from Gr. ? fire + morfh` 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 ...
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n. a mineral consisting of lead chloride and phosphate; a minor source of lead [syn: green lead ore ]
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Pyromorphite is a mineral species composed of lead chlorophosphate: Pb ( P O ) Cl , sometimes occurring in sufficient abundance to be mined as an ore of lead. Crystals are common, and have the form of a hexagonal prism terminated by the basal planes , sometimes ...