plumbo-before a vowel plumb-, used as combining form of L. plumbum lead, forming chemical and mineralogical terms.plumboˈcalciteMin., an isomorphous mixture of the carbonates of lead and calcium, Pb{pp}CO3.32Ca{pp}CO3, occurring in rhombohedral forms at Leadhills and Wanlockhead (Watts). plumboˈcupriteMin.= cuproplumbite (Chester). plumboˈgummiteMin.[f. F. plombgomme + -ite1], a hydrous phospho-aluminite of lead resembling gum. plumboˈjarositeMin.[jarosite], a basic sulphate of lead and ferric iron, PbFe6(SO4)4(OH)12, that occurs as brown hexagonal crystals, esp. as a secondary mineral in lead ores in arid regions. plumboˈmanganiteMin., a sulphide of lead and manganese, PbS.3MnS. plumboˈmethylChem., a compound of lead with molecules of methyl, as plumbotrimethyl Pb(CH3)3; plumbotetramethyl Pb(CH3)4, a colourless mobile liquid (Watts Dict.Chem. III. 563). plumboˈresiniteMin.=plumbogummite. plumboˈstanniteMin.[L. stannum tin], sulphantimonide of tin, lead, and iron (Chester). ˈplumbostib, -ˈstibniteMin.[L. stibium antimony]= boulangerite.1834Amer.Jrnl.Sc. XXVI. 386 *Plumbocalcite..described by Johnson as a mineral found at Wanlockhead in Scotland.1892Dana Min. (ed. 6) 855 *Plumbogummite.1902*Plumbojarosite [see natrojarosites.v. natro-].1938Jrnl. R. Soc. W. Australia XXIV. 112 This appears to be the first occasion on which either beudantite or plumbojarosite has been found in Australia.1959Mineral Abstr. XIV. 275/2 Plumbojarosite is found as compact and powdery aggregates of flaky crystals in the Akatuev deposit in eastern Transbaikal region.1877J. B. Hannay in Mineralog. Mag. 149 *Plumbomanganite.1866Watts Dict.Chem. IV. 685 *Plumboresinite, Plombgomme.1868Dana Min. (ed. 5) 99 *Plumbostib is also from Nertschinsk. It consists, according to Plattner, of antimony, arsenic, sulphur, a little iron, with 58·8 p.c. of lead; and appears to be boulangerite.
plumbo-
word-forming element meaning "lead" (the metal), from comb. form of Latin plumbum "lead" (see plumb, n.).
plumbo-/ˈplʌmbəʊ/combining form. Before a vowel plumb-. M19.
ORIGIN: from Latinplumbum lead: see -o-.
Chiefly Chemistry & Mineralogy. Of, pertaining to, or containing lead, as plumbosolvent.