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cotunnite

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[kuh-tuhn-ahyt] / kəˈtʌn aɪt /

noun

  1. a soft, white to yellowish mineral, lead chloride, PbCl 2 , that forms as an alteration product of galena.

Etymology

Origin of cotunnite

1825–35; < German Cotunnit, after Domenico Cotugno, in Latinized form Cotunnius (1736–1822), Italian anatomist; see -ite 1

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