Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Native arseniate of lead with chlorid of lead, a mineral of a yellow to brown color occurring in hexagonal prismatic crystals, often rounded
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A mineral occurring in pale yellow or brownish hexagonal crystals. It is an arseniate of lead.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy An
arsenate mineral which forms inlead deposits , usually by theoxidation ofgalena andarsenopyrite .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek Μιμητής, "imitator", from its similarity to pyromorphite.
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