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that had been coated with the minium oxide; however, once the
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272:is the naturally occurring form of
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661:Minerals in space group 135
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666:Minerals described in 1806
185:Perfect on {110} and {010}
508:Minium was named for the
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208:Dull to slightly greasy
578:Handbook of Mineralogy
468:Lake County, Colorado
460:Alturas County, Idaho
85:Strunz classification
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512:river known to the
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651:Inorganic pigments
243:Optical properties
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635:Categories
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547:References
503:Angkor Wat
476:Eschuchapa
466:district,
405:Castelberg
360:district;
286:tetragonal
261:References
191:Mohs scale
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496:Australia
464:Leadville
408:St. Avold
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362:Horhausen
331:Langhecke
324:wulfenite
318:, native
300:cerussite
296:oxidizing
238:8.9 - 9.2
148:Unit cell
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34:from the
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646:Pigments
530:red lead
526:cinnabar
480:Guerrero
436:Sardinia
432:Sarrabus
424:Varmland
401:Scotland
389:Slovenia
316:mimetite
312:massicot
308:litharge
256:n = 2.42
246:Uniaxial
194:hardness
181:Cleavage
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510:Iberian
456:Namibia
442:; near
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381:Germany
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89:4.BD.05
64:Formula
48:General
534:minium
518:Minius
484:Mexico
462:; the
452:Tsumeb
450:; and
444:Anarak
428:Sweden
416:France
322:, and
304:galena
270:Minium
214:Streak
204:Luster
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522:Minho
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