boulangerite

American

[boo-lan-juh-rahyt] / buˈlæn dʒəˌraɪt /

noun

a bluish lead-gray mineral, lead antimony sulfide, Pb 5 Sb 4 S 11 , a minor ore of lead.

Etymology

Origin of boulangerite

Named after C. L. Boulanger (1810–49), French mining engineer; see -ite ¹

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Antimony, however, occurs chiefly as the sulphide, stibnite; to a much smaller extent it occurs in combination with other metallic sulphides in the minerals wolfsbergite, boulangerite, bournonite, pyrargyrite, &c.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

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