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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A basic chromate of lead found at Berezovsk in the Ural. Also called phænicochroite, since the color is red rather than black.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Min.) A mineral of a red, or brownish or yellowish red color. It is a chromate of lead; -- called also phœnicocroite.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun mineralogy An alternate name for phoenicochroite.

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