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Lead's way of rusting — a sulfate crust that quietly mummifies old galena.
means A lead sulfate mineral (PbSO₄) that forms when galena weathers and oxidizes, usually appearing as pale, glassy crystals or crusts around old lead ore.
from Named for the Isle of Anglesey, off the coast of Wales, where the mineral was first identified in the early 1800s among the weathered lead ores of the island's mines — a straightforward place-name christening, the '-ite' suffix simply marking it as a mineral of that ground.
- formula
- lead sulfate, PbSO4
- origin
- named after Anglesey, Wales, 1832
- density
- so heavy it feels fake in hand
- use
- minor ore of lead and a gem for collectors