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Definition of Cerusite
1. n. Native lead carbonate; a mineral occurring in colorless, white, or yellowish transparent crystals, with an adamantine, also massive and compact.
Definition of Cerusite
1. Noun. (alternative form of cerussite) ¹
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Definition of Cerusite
1. a lead ore [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cerusite
Literary usage of Cerusite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Minerals, Ores, Rocks and Fossils of the Pacific Coast (1878)
"Azurite and cerusite. -DIANA MINE, BLIND SPRINGS, Mono Co., Cal.—Jas. L. Trask.
432 Silver Ore.—NEW Coso MINE, Inyo Co., Cal.— (See No. 426.)—Cal. ..."
2. Silver and Gold: With Reference Chiefly to the Precious Metals by Rossiter Worthington Raymond (1873)
"The.order ol production has obviously been, first, the cerusite resting on
ochraceous iron, manganese and other metallic oxides; next, the wulfenite ..."
3. Bulletin by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1914)
"So far as the writer has been able to learn no considerable amount of cerusite
is known to have been deposited from springs. Indeed, the lead carbonate is ..."
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