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galena

[ guh-lee-nuh ]

noun

  1. a common, heavy mineral, lead sulfide, PbS, occurring in lead-gray crystals, usually cubes, and cleavable masses: the principal ore of lead.


galena

/ ɡəˈli˲ÔÉ™; ɡəˈliËnaɪt /

noun

  1. a grey mineral, found in hydrothermal veins. It is the chief source of lead. Composition: lead sulphide. Formula: PbS. Crystal structure: cubic
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galena

/ ²µÉ™-±ôŧ′²ÔÉ™ /

  1. A gray, metallic mineral occurring in cube-shaped crystals within veins of igneous rock or in sedimentary rocks. It is the main ore of lead. Chemical formula: PbS.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of galena1

1595–1605; < Latin: lead ore
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of galena1

C17: from Latin: lead ore, dross left after melting lead
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Example Sentences

And they recovered decorative beads made from copper and galena that likely originated in central North America.

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Traces of the mineral galena - lead sulphide - a substance that was crushed and mixed with oil as make-up, was found on the site, archaeologists said.

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Hall said the increase stemmed from a greater concentration of the mineral galena in the mined rock.

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This corresponds to the spread of Phoenician traders and settlers from their home cities in the Levant into the western Mediterranean, and the consequent exploitation of galena mines in Iberia.

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The bill would make limestone the state rock, galena the state mineral and jelinite the state gemstone.

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