Phosgenite

Phosgenite is a rare galena: hence its common name cronfortite. Fine crystals are also found in galena at Monteponi near Iglesias in Sardinia, but the largest are those recently found near Dundas in Tasmania. Crystals of phosgenite, and also of the corresponding bromine compound PbBr₂CO₃, have been prepared artificially.

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