cerussite

[seer-uh-sahyt, si-ruhs-ahyt]

noun

1. a mineral, lead carbonate, PbCO 3 , found in masses or in colorless, transparent crystals: an important ore of lead.

cerussite

/ ˈsɪərəˌsaɪt /

noun

1. Also called: white lead ore. a usually white mineral, found in veins. It is a source of lead. Composition: lead carbonate. Formula: PbCO 3 . Crystal structure: orthorhombic

Word History and Origins

Origin of cerussite¹

1840–50; < Latin cēruss ( a ) ceruse + -ite ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of cerussite¹

C19: from Latin cērussa (see _ceruse ) + _-ite ¹

Example Sentences

A heavy, troublesome rock which accumulated in the sluices, much to the disgust of the miners, turned out to be cerussite, a fine ore of lead.

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It is often associated with blende and pyrites, and with calcite, fluorspar, quartz, barytes, chalybite and pearlspar as gangue minerals; in the upper oxidized parts of the deposits, cerussite and anglesite occur as alteration products.

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The minerals containing lead are principally galenite or lead sulphate, cerussite or lead carbonate; while the zinc is contained in the minerals, sphalerite or zinc sulphide, calamine or zinc silicate, smithsonite or zinc carbonate, etc.

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In some districts cerussite and a little anglesite are also found in the oxide zone.

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