Boulangerite

/ˌbuː.lɑ̃.ʒə.raɪt/ noun

A rare mineral compound of lead, antimony, and sulfur, named after the French baker and naturalist Jean-Baptiste Boulangerite.

Named after Jean-Baptiste Boulangerite, a 19th-century French naturalist and scholar, using the Latinized -ite suffix used for mineral names.

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