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I have only heard the term "horn silver" used to refer to chlorargyrite (old term: cerargyrite), silver chloride, which forms weather-polished masses in arid silver regions (such as the western United States). Cerussite does often carry valuable percentages of silver. Sometimes cerussite may occur with chlorargyrite.--128.227.11.106 18:56, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

yup - fixed. Vsmith 20:56, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No, you didn't.

~ender 2006-10-15 20:10:PM MST

White lead[edit]

When I started 'White lead' was redirected here, but white lead is a chemical compound, not a mineral. This was resulting in inappropriate entries in category lists. I hope that what I have done in converting 'white lead' to a short article is an improvement. Peterkingiron 17:49, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Cerussite is a mineral consisting of lead carbonate (PbCO₃), and is an important ore of lead. The name is from the Latin cerussa, white lead. Cerussa nativa was mentioned by Conrad Gessner in 1565, and in 1832 François Sulpice Beudant applied the name céruse to the mineral, while the present form, cerussite, is due to Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger in 1845. Miners' names for cerussite in early use were lead-spar and white-lead-ore. In a hydrate form known as white lead, the mineral is a key ingredient in lead paints and has also been used in cosmetics, but both uses are now discontinued in many places as a result of lead poisoning. These cerussite crystals, measuring approximately 4.0 cm × 3.0 cm × 2.0 cm (1.57 in × 1.18 in × 0.79 in), were found in a mine in Madan-e Nakhlak, Iran.

Photograph credit: Ivar Leidus

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