Melanochroite

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Melanochroite \Mel`a*no*chro"ite\, n. [See {Melanochroic}.]
     (Min.)
     A mineral of a red, or brownish or yellowish red color. It is
     a chromate of lead; -- called also {phoenicocroite}.
     [1913 Webster]