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crocoite

N แร่ พวก  lead chromate

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CROCOITE

Cro "co *ite (kr "k-t ), n. Etym: [Gr. (Min. )

 

Defn: Lead chromate occuring in crystals of a bright hyacinth red color; -- called also red lead ore.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

crocoite

cro co ite |ˈkräkəˌwīt ˈkrɑkəwaɪt | ▶noun a rare, bright orange mineral consisting of lead chromate. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: originally as French crocoise, from Greek krokoeis ‘saffron-colored, ’ from krokos ‘crocus. ’ The spelling was altered to crocoisite, then crocoite .

 

Oxford Dictionary

crocoite

crocoite |ˈkrəʊkəʊʌɪt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a rare bright orange mineral consisting of lead chromate. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: originally as French crocoise, from Greek krokoeis ‘saffron-coloured ’, from krokos ‘crocus ’. The spelling was altered to crocoisite, then crocoite .