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descloizite

American  
[dey-kloi-zahyt, dih-] / deɪˈklɔɪ zaɪt, dɪ- /

noun

  1. a mineral, lead zinc vanadate.

Etymology

Origin of descloizite

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

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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