pseudocotunnite

noun

pseu·​do·​cotunnite

"+

: a mineral consisting of potassium lead chloride K₂PbCl₄(?) found in Vesuvian fumaroles after the volcanic eruptions of 1872 and 1906

Word History

Etymology

Italian, from pseud- + cotunnite

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