a soft, lead-gray, very heavy, crystalline mineral, lead sulfide, PbS, with a bright metallic luster, that is the chief ore of lead
Origin:
L, lead ore, dross of melted lead < ?
See galena in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
A gray mineral, essentially PbS, the principal ore of lead.
Origin:
Origin: Latin galēna, lead ore
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A city of extreme northwest Illinois west-northwest of Rockford. A prosperous river port until the 1860s, it was the home of Ulysses S. Grant, whose residence is now a museum. Population: 3,400.