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phosgenite

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phosgenite [′fäz·jə‚nīt]
(mineralogy)
Pb2Cl2(CO3) A white, yellow, or grayish mineral that crystallizes in the tetragonal system, has adamantine luster, hardness of 3 on Mohs scale, and specific gravity of 6-6.3. Also known as cromfordite; horn lead.


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This reinforces the earlier conclusion [25], based on the fact that the natural abundance is very rare and by recipes found in ancient Egyptian texts, that the laurionite had been prepared synthetically, as was phosgenite, ([Pb.
The high resolution powder diffraction beam line at ESRF by Fitch, A.N. / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
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