different between galena vs bauxite

English

Etymology

From Latin gal?na (“dross from smelting lead”), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???li?n?/
• Rhymes: -i?n?

Noun

galena (usually uncountable, plural galenas or galenae)

1. (mineralogy) A mineral, lead sulphide (PbS), mined as an ore for lead. [From circa 1600.]
   • 1939 November, Raymond B. Wailes, Chemical Engineering for Home Experimenters, Popular Science, page 207,

     You can easily extract lead from galena, a natural mineral which has been used in crystal radio receivers.

   • 1942, G. F. Loughlin, A. H. Koschmann, Geology and Ore Deposits of the Magdalena Mining District, New Mexico, Geological Survey Professional Paper, Issue 200, page 98,

     The galena of the ore contains microscopic inclusions of various forms that become visible upon polished surfaces etched with hydrochloric or nitric acid.

   • 1953, National Research Council (U.S.), Report of the Committee on the Measurement of Geologic Time, page 132,

     These samples had higher Pb²⁰⁶ and Pb²⁰⁸ abundances than any other galenas yet examined.

   • 2008, Sanghamitra Ghosh, Heavy Stable Isotope Investigations in Environmental Science and Archaeology, page 77,

     Very little galena has been reported (recovered mostly from burial mounds) in the Great Lakes region indicating that the mineral was not a major interregional exchange commodity during this period. However, numerous galenas have been recovered from the lower Mississippi Valley region and Florida indicating that galena was part of an important north-south exchange system (Walthall 1981).

2. (medicine, obsolete) A remedy or antidote for poison; theriac

Synonyms

• galenite
• lead glance

Related terms

• galenic
• galenical
• galeniferous

Translations

References

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Galena”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “galena”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Anagrams

• Angela, alnage, anlage, lagena

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin gal?na.

Noun

galena f (plural galenes)

1. galena

Further reading

• “galena” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “galena” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “galena” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “galena” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a?le?.na/, [?ä???e?nä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a?le.na/, [???l??n?]

Noun

gal?na f (genitive gal?nae); first declension

1. lead-ore
   • 77–79, Pliny the Elder, Natural History, book 33, chapter 31:

   • (Can we find and add a quotation of Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum to this entry?)
2. (by extension) the dross that remains after smelting this ore
   • (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)
   • 77–79, Pliny the Elder, Natural History, book 34, chapter 47:

   • 77–79, Pliny the Elder, Natural History, book 34, chapter 53:

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• Catalan: galena
• English: galena
• French: galène
• Italian: galena
• Spanish: galena

References

• g?l?na in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• g?l?na in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 701/2
• “gal?na” on page 753/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin gal?na.

Noun

galena f (plural galenas)

1. (mineralogy) galena (mineral mined as an ore of lead)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin gal?na.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?lena/, [?a?le.na]

Noun

galena f (plural galenas)

1. (mineralogy) galena

Further reading

• “galena” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

French from Les Baux in France, +? -ite.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b??ksa?t/

Noun

bauxite (countable and uncountable, plural bauxites)

1. The principal ore of aluminium; a clay-like mineral, being a mixture of hydrated oxides and hydroxides.

Translations

French

Etymology

from Les Baux in France.

Noun

bauxite f (uncountable)

1. bauxite

Further reading

• “bauxite” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

bauxite f (plural bauxiti)

1. (mineralogy) bauxite

Derived terms

• bauxitico