Cerusite


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n.1.(Min.) Native lead carbonate; a mineral occurring in colorless, white, or yellowish transparent crystals, with an adamantine, also massive and compact.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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In the supergene stage, oxide minerals include smithsonite, cerusite, and limonite.
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