gelignite

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The tiny pitcher looks as if it were varnished with galenite.

From Bramble-Bees and Others by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

PbS, galenite or galena, is its main source.

From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Williams, Rufus Phillips

The minerals containing lead are principally galenite or lead sulphate, cerussite or lead carbonate; while the zinc is contained in the minerals, sphalerite or zinc sulphide, calamine or zinc silicate, smithsonite or zinc carbonate, etc.

From North America by Russell, Israel C. (Cook)

Examine brimstone, flowers of sulphur, pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galenite, gypsum, barite.

From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Williams, Rufus Phillips