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galena
ga·le·na [ gə lnə ]


noun 
Definition:
 
primary ore of lead: a lustrous blue-gray crystalline mineral consisting of lead sulfide. Use: source of lead and silver.
[Late 17th century. < Latin, "lead at a certain stage of smelting"]
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