[化] 方铅矿

[医] 方铅矿, 硫化铅

[ noun ]
soft blue-grey mineral; lead sulfide; a major source of lead
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Galena \Ga*le"na\, n.[L. galena lead ore, dross that remains
after melting lead: cf. F. gal[`e]ne sulphide of lead ore,
antidote to poison, stillness of the sea, calm, tranquility.]
1. (Med.) A remedy or antidote for poison; theriaca. [Obs.]
--Parr.

2. (Min.) Lead sulphide; the principal ore of lead. It is of
a bluish gray color and metallic luster, and is cubic in
crystallization and cleavage.

{False galena}. See {Blende}.