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Definition of Anglesite

1. n. A native sulphate of lead. It occurs in white or yellowish transparent, prismatic crystals.

Definition of Anglesite

1. Noun. (mineral) A crystalline mineral form of lead sulfate, PbSO₄, formed by the weathering of galena. ¹

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Definition of Anglesite

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Medical Definition of Anglesite

1. A native sulphate of lead. It occurs in white or yellowish transparent, prismatic crystals. Origin: From the Isle of Anglesea. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Anglesite

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1. Rock Minerals: Their Chemical and Physical Characters and Their by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1911)
"anglesite, SO3 26.4, PbO 73.6, is usually free from isomorphous compounds. Barite and celestite are insoluble in acids; anglesite is difficultly soluble in ..."

2. Bulletin by Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey (1906)
"... derived from the alteration of the galena in the zone of weathering. It does not occur in any large amount and is not used as an ore of lead. anglesite. ..."

3. Descriptive Mineralogy by William Shirley Bayley (1917)
"anglesite Crystal with m, a and y us in Fig. 136. Also oo P oo, c10 \bi. ... Crystals of anglesite have been made by methods analogous to those used in the ..."

4. The Metallurgy of Lead & Silver by Henry Francis. Collins (1899)
"anglesite, PbSO4; 68-3 per cent. Ph.—Like the preceding, this mineral is invariably a secondary or decomposition product of galena, and it is found ..."

5. Treatise on Mineralogy: Second Part, Consisting of Descriptions of the by Charles Upham Shepard (1835)
"anglesite. Fig. 24. 128° 10' 127 56 160 79 129 42 30 28 104 142 30 Cleavage, parallel with M and / imperfect and interrupted. Fracture conchoidal. ..."

6. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"743), in kidney-shaped lumps enclosing a nucleus of galena, by the oxidation of which it has been formed. The crystals of anglesite are ..."

7. The University Geological Survey of Kansas by Erasmus Haworth, Kansas Geological Survey (1904)
"All statements made regarding origin and mode of occurrence of cerussite likewise may be made about anglesite. It is less abundant than cerussite, ..."

8. State Geological Survey of Kansas. [Reports] by Kansas Geological Survey (1904)
"All statements made regarding origin and mode of occurrence of cerussite likewise may be made about anglesite. It is less abundant than cerussite, ..."

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