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galena::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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The mines were expanded in the 1790s and copper and galena were also extracted.
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An example is a change from galena, lead sulfide, to anglesite, lead sulfate.
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Galena, Alaska, is among the communities that has been considering deploying the 4S.
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Galena Park will lose its existing 11-deputy contract with Precinct 2 Constable Gary Freeman.
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Copper and galena artifacts are often associated with Copena burials.
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Galena in northwest Illinois offers several log cabin getaways.
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Galena was mined from deep mines located in Scotland and Wales.
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Little Sark had a number of mines accessing a source of galena.
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Galena Park enters the game 1-4 overall and 1-2 in the league after last week's 24-21 loss to C.E. King.
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- Soft blue-grey mineral; lead sulfide; a major source of lead
- Galena is the natural mineral form of lead sulfide. It is the most important lead ore mineral.
- Galena is the county seat of, and largest city in Jo Daviess County, Illinois in the United States, with an estimated population of 3,333 in 2008. The city is a popular tourist destination known for its history, historical architecture, and ski and golf resorts. ...
- A lead ore, crystals and fragments of which were widely traded and used for ornamental purposes in Native North America.
- An ore of lead sulphide used as a glaze.
- A common heavy mineral that is the principal ore of lead.
- A grayish mineral ore, composed chiefly of lead sulfate (PbS), from which metallic lead is extracted. The Route 66 town of Galena, Kansas owes its name to this local resource.
- A sulfide mineral of lead occurring as gray cubic crystals.
- This is lead ore, impure, used to make lead glazes. In the 10^th to the 17^th centuries Galena was dusted on newly thrown wet ware. This fused the upper layer of clay during the firing into a glaze. TOP
