galena
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1. galena - Noun
2. Galena - Proper noun
Meaning
A remedy or antidose for poison; theriaca.
Lead sulphide; the principal ore of lead. It is of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, and is cubic in crystallization and cleavage.
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Baxter, 1933, p. 253 The two first met on 9 September and again on the following day, after Ericsson had time to evaluate Galena s design.
For example, halite (NaCl), galena (PbS), and periclase (MgO) all belong to the hexaoctahedral point group (isometric family), as they have a similar stoichiometry between their different constituent elements.
Dyar and Gunter, pp. 30–31 Specific gravity Galena, PbS, is a mineral with a high specific gravity.
In the summer of 1840 he and his friend James Murdock Fly went to Galena, Illinois to see if his Uncle Thomas could help them find work.
Also at its meeting last night, the Galena City Council approved the school district’s budget, after an extended negotiation regarding the amount of in-kind contributions that the city would make to the school district this fiscal year.
Concerns about oil train disasters and actual events such as an explosion near Galena a year ago dominated news in 2015.