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descloizite
[ dey-kloi-zahyt, dih- ]
noun
- a mineral, lead zinc vanadate.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of descloizite1
1850–55; < French, named after A.L.O. Des Cloizeaux (1817–97), French mineralogist; -ite 1
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Example Sentences
Descloizite occurs in veins of lead ores in association with pyromorphite, vanadinite, wulfenite, &c.
From Project Gutenberg
Vanadinite, a lead-vanadate, and descloizite, a vanadate of copper or lead, are found in the oxide zones of a number of lead and copper deposits in the southwestern United States and Mexico.
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