cerussite

cerussite

English

Cerussite

Etymology

From Latin cērussa (“white lead”) +‎ -ite.[1]

Noun

cerussite (countable and uncountable, plural cerussites)

1. (mineralogy) A mineral form of lead carbonate, PbCO₃, that is an ore of lead.

Translations

mineral

Catalan: cerussita f Finnish: cerussiitti, kerussiitti French: cérusite (fr) f German: Cerussit m Hungarian: cerusszit Italian: cerussite f Polish: cerusyt (pl) m Portuguese: cerusita f, cerussita f Spanish: cerusita f

See also

• Venetian ceruse
• ceruse

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Cerussite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “cerussite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.

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

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Italian

Noun

cerussite f (plural cerussiti)

1. (mineralogy) cerussite

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