anglesite

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See also: anglésite

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Etymology[edit]

After the place Anglesey in Wales,[1] in 1832.[2]

Noun[edit]

Anglesite

anglesite (countable and uncountable, plural anglesites)

  1. (mineralogy) A crystalline mineral form of lead sulfate, PbSO4, formed by the weathering of galena.
    • 1862, Sir Edward Cadogan, Before the Deluge: Memories and Reflections:
      A curious form of anglesite was noticed in a specimen from Durango, Iowa

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

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  • Hyphenation: an‧gle‧si‧te

Noun[edit]

anglesite f (plural anglesites)

  1. Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of anglesita.