Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A lead sulfate mineral, PbSO4, occurring in colorless or tinted crystals and formed by the weathering of lead ore.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sulphate of lead occurring in prismatic crystals, commonly transparent and colorless, with brilliant adamantine luster and light shades of yellow, green, blue, and gray.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A native sulphate of lead. It occurs in white or yellowish transparent, prismatic crystals.
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- noun mineralogy A
crystalline mineral form oflead sulfate , PbSO4, formed by theweathering ofgalena .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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It was first recognized as a mineral species by Dr. Withering in 1783, who discovered it in the Parys copper-mine in Anglesey; the name anglesite, from this locality, was given by F.S. Beudant in 1832.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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At Monteponi the crystals encrust cavities in glistening granular galena; and from Leadhills, in Scotland, pseudomorphs of anglesite after galena are known.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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Cerussite (lead carbonate) and anglesite (lead sulphate) are mined in some places in the upper part of sulphide deposits, and supply a small fraction of the world's output.
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In some districts cerussite and a little anglesite are also found in the oxide zone.
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For example, the mineral anglesite (lead sulphate) is a compound of lead, sulphur, and oxygen; by carefully heating it with charcoal the oxygen is taken away by the charcoal, and a regulus of lead sulphide remains.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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H884035 Manganiferous and limonitic 1.85 910 0.19 28.01 quartz-anglesite-galena vein
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H884035 Manganiferous and limonitic 1.85 910 0.19 28.01 quartz-anglesite-galena vein
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(cerussite), sulphate (anglesite), and phosphate (pyromorphite) of lead also occur as ores, but in much smaller quantities.
A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. Cornelius Beringer 1886
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