descloizite

[dey-kloi-zahyt, dih-]

noun

1. a mineral, lead zinc vanadate.

Word History and Origins

Origin of descloizite¹

1850–55; < French, named after A.L.O. Des Cloizeaux (1817–97), French mineralogist; -ite ¹

Example Sentences

Descloizite occurs in veins of lead ores in association with pyromorphite, vanadinite, wulfenite, &c.

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Vanadinite, a lead-vanadate, and descloizite, a vanadate of copper or lead, are found in the oxide zones of a number of lead and copper deposits in the southwestern United States and Mexico.

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