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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Native chromate of lead and copper, a mineral which occurs in small green or brown crystals on quartz accompanying crocoite. Also called laxmannite.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Min.) Chromate of copper and lead, of various shades of green.

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  • noun mineralogy A complex mineral, a combined chromate and phosphate of copper and lead.

Etymologies

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Louis Vauquelin (1763-1829), French chemist, and -ite.

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