Synonyms for galena
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : guh-lee-nuh |
| Phonetic Transcription : gəˈli nə |
Définition of galena
Origin :- lead ore, lead sulphide, c.1600, from Latin galena "mix of silver and lead; dross from smelting lead," of unknown origin.
- As in leaden : adj made of lead
- They proved to be a miner who had gone from Galena and a stout lad.
- Extract from : « Old Fort Snelling » by Marcus L. Hansen
- We took a steamer from Galena to Stillwater, as everyone did in those days.
- Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various
- We drove in wagons with boards across for seats from Milwaukee to Galena.
- Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various
- About Dubuque, opposite Galena, are extensive and rich lead mines.
- Extract from : « A New Guide for Emigrants to the West » by J. M. Peck
- The Galena was managed and fought with great skill and daring.
- Extract from : « Life of Rear Admiral John Randolph Tucker » by James Henry Rochelle
- With the point of his pick he had hooked out a lump of galena as big as his head!
- Extract from : « The Boys of Crawford's Basin » by Sidford F. Hamp
- And do you suppose Yetmore recognized the sand as galena ore?
- Extract from : « The Boys of Crawford's Basin » by Sidford F. Hamp
- The one is galena, a sulphuret of lead; the other, pyrites, a sulphuret of iron.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 447 » by Various
- In this condition the Oneida was pulled past the forts by her consort, the Galena.
- Extract from : « The Gulf and Inland Waters » by A. T. Mahan
- We'll go up to Galena, you and I, and we'll recruit the roughest, meanest miners we can find.
- Extract from : « Shaman » by Robert Shea
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