Meaning & use
Galena
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A soft, heavy, gray mineral consisting of lead sulfide, the principal ore from which lead is extracted.
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Miners extracted galena from the deep shafts to be smelted into lead.
The crystal's cubic structure is a classic identifying feature of galena.
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Galena crystals were used in early twentieth-century 'crystal radio' receivers as a natural semiconductor detector.
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lead ore
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