Definition of Pyromorphite. Meaning of Pyromorphite. Synonyms of Pyromorphite

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Definition of Pyromorphite

Pyromorphite
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.

Meaning of Pyromorphite from wikipedia

- Pyromorphite is a mineral species composed of lead chlorophosphate: Pb5(PO4)3Cl, sometimes occurring in sufficient abundance to be mined as an ore of lead...
- resemblance to the mineral pyromorphite. This resemblance is not coincidental, as mimetite forms a mineral series with pyromorphite (Pb5(PO4)3Cl) and with...
- bend of its crystals. It has also been used as an alternate name for pyromorphite. It occurs in the upper lead deposits through the oxidation of galena...
- similar to apatite are also known as apatites, such as lead apatite (pyromorphite) and barium apatite (alforsite). More chemically dissimilar minerals...
- leached from wall-rock silicates. ****ociated minerals include mimetite, pyromorphite, descloizite, mottramite, wulfenite, cerussite, anglesite, calcite, barite...
- Psilomelane Pumpellyite Chlorastrolite (var.) Purpurite Pyrite Pyrargyrite Pyromorphite Pyrophyllite Pyroxmangite Pyrrhotite Quartz Amethyst (var.) Ametrine...
- hexagonal crystal structure. "Fluorpyromorphite". Retrieved 8 August 2023. "Pyromorphite". "Hydroxylpyromorphite". "Oxypyromorphite". Retrieved 8 August 2023...
- the central part of the Braeside field. They occur with vanadinite, pyromorphite and cerussite. Descloizite-mottramite was the last to crystallise showing...
- zones near hydrothermal base metal deposits. It occurs ****ociated with pyromorphite, malachite, plumbojarosite, limonite and quartz. Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC...
- orthoclase KAlSi3O8), molybdates (e.g. wulfenite PbMoO4) and phosphates (e.g. pyromorphite Pb5(PO4)3Cl). The International Mineralogical ****ociation has established...