Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Native chromate of lead and copper, a mineral which occurs in small green or brown crystals on quartz accompanying crocoite. Also called
laxmannite .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) Chromate of copper and lead, of various shades of green.
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- noun mineralogy A
complex mineral , a combinedchromate andphosphate ofcopper andlead .
Etymologies
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Louis Vauquelin (1763-1829), French chemist, and -ite.
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