单词 | false or pseudo galena |
释义 | > as lemmasfalse or pseudo galena Native lead sulphide; the common lead ore. false or pseudo galena = black jack n.2 2. Also called lead-glance. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > ore > [noun] > metal ore > lead ore plumbago1617 potter's ore1647 bouse1653 lead-ore1653 plumbary1657 potter's lead1670 galena1671 blue lead1728 alquifou1756 lead glance1811 galenite1868 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphides and related minerals > [noun] > galena group > lead sulphide plumbago1617 plumbary1657 galena1671 burnt lead1728 slickenside1768 lead glance1811 galenite1868 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 517 The third part of the vein which remaineth behind in the furnace, it is Galæna, that is to say, the very mettal it selfe of lead.] 1671 J. Webster Metallographia xiii. 201 Galena, or the hardest of Lead ore. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Galena, a name given by mineralists to a species of poor lead ore. 1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 218 Lead in Galena is in its metallic state. 1814 H. M. Brackenridge Views Louisiana ii. vi. 148 The ore is what is called potter's ore, or galena, and has a broad shining grain. 1879 R. J. Atcherley Trip to Boërland 186 Parkins showed me a reef of galena on his farm. < as lemmas |
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