cerussite

English

Cerussite

Etymology

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

Noun

cerussite (countable and uncountable, plural cerussites)

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

   Synonym: white lead ore

Related terms

• ceruse
• Venetian ceruse

 

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

References

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Cerussite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “cerussite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Anagrams

• cerusites

Italian

Noun

cerussite f (plural cerussiti)

1. (mineralogy) cerussite

Anagrams

• uscireste