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Melanochroite

Melanochroite \Mel`a*no*chro"ite\, n. [See Melanochroic.] (Min.) A mineral of a red, or brownish or yellowish red color. It is a chromate of lead; -- called also ph[oe]nicocroite.

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melanochroite

n. (context mineralogy English) An alternate name for phoenicochroite.