PYROMORPHITE


Meaning of PYROMORPHITE in English

-ˌfit noun

( -s )

Etymology: German pyromorphit, from pyr- + morph- + -it -ite; from the crystalline appearance it assumes from being heated

: a mineral Pb 5 (PO 4 ) 3 C1 consisting of a lead chloride and phosphate isomorphous with mimetite and vanadinite and occurring in green, yellow, brown, gray, or white crystals or masses — called also green lead ore

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