pyromorphite

NOUN
  1. a mineral consisting of lead chloride and phosphate; a minor source of lead
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How To Use pyromorphite In A Sentence

  • I collected one good wulfenite and one excellent pyromorphite.
  • Although anglesite and cerussite are found at Loudville, the two most sought-after minerals are pyromorphite and wulfenite.
  • I collected lots of olive-green botryoidal pyromorphite on quartz matrix.
  • The result can be some of our most spectacular minerals, including azurite, malachite, smithsonite, wulfenite, pyromorphite, and mimetite.
  • I knew that in the early days of mining, pyromorphite and wulfenite were of no commercial value, so I had hopes of finding specimens in the tailings at Loudville.
  • In March they went to the regular dumps of the Argent Lead and Silver mine for vanadinite, pyromorphite, and crocoite.
  • Although some of these specimens were also labeled as being pyromorphite and vanadinite, they were later proven to be mimetite by several analyses from China, the United States, and Germany.
  • (cerussite), sulphate (anglesite), and phosphate (pyromorphite) of lead also occur as ores, but in much smaller quantities. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.
  • Although anglesite and cerussite are found at Loudville, the two most sought-after minerals are pyromorphite and wulfenite.
  • Tiny pyromorphite crystals associated with wulfenite have been found in road cuts near Cranston, Rhode Island.
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