Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pyromorphite"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pyromorphite \Pyr`o*mor"phite\, n. [G. pyromorphit, from Gr. ?
fire + ? form.] (Min.)
Native lead phosphate with lead chloride, occurring in bright
green and brown hexagonal crystals and also massive; -- so
called because a fused globule crystallizes in cooling.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pyromorphite
n : a mineral consisting of lead chloride and phosphate; a minor
source of lead [syn: {green lead ore}]
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