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galena

/guh-lee-nuh/US // gəˈli nə //UK // (ɡəˈliːnə) //

方铅矿,方铅笔,方解石,银杏树

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a common, heavy mineral, lead sulfide, PbS, occurring in lead-gray crystals, usually cubes, and cleavable masses: the principal ore of lead.

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Examples

  • Jessie had bought a galena crystal mounted, as that was more satisfactory, the book said.

  • Galena, a small town on Upper Mississippi, in the lead-mining district.

  • The primary sources of gold are reefs, either in quartz or in metalliferous veins of galena and the various pyrites.

  • The lead mines of Galena and Dubuque had gathered in somewhat larger settlements.

  • In 1822 Galena was visited by a Mississippi River steamboat, and a few years later regular steamboat traffic was established.