anglesite

See also: anglésite

English

After the place Anglesey in Wales,^[1] in 1832.^[2]

Anglesite

anglesite (countable and uncountable, plural anglesites)

(mineralogy) A crystalline mineral form of lead sulfate, PbSO₄, formed by the weathering of galena.
- 1862, Sir Edward Cadogan, Before the Deluge: Memories and Reflections:
  A curious form of anglesite was noticed in a specimen from Durango, Iowa

crystalline mineral form of lead sulfate

^ 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
^ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɡleˈzi.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɡleˈzi.te/

anglesite f (plural anglesites)