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n. - A mineral consisting of lead carbonate that is an important source of lead.

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  • In some districts cerussite and a little anglesite are also found in the oxide zone.
  • Carbonates of many of the metals, such as carbonate of lead (cerussite), carbonate of iron (chalybite), carbonates of copper
  • Anglesite and cerussite ((PbSO4, lead sulfate and PbCO3, lead carbonate respectively) are two other lead-based minerals.
  • (cerussite), sulphate (anglesite), and phosphate (pyromorphite) of lead also occur as ores, but in much smaller quantities.
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