Lead
Lead belongs to Elements family.
Description
Lead. Color is a whitish gray. Luster is metallic. Transparency is opaque. Crystal System is isometric; 4/m bar 3 2/m. Crystal Habits include small flat platelets and small grains. Cleavage is absent. Fracture is jagged. Streak is gray. Hardness is 1.5. Specific Gravity is 11.3+ (very heavy even for metallic minerals) Associated Minerals include gold, calcite and hematite. Other Characteristics: ductile, malleable and sectile, meaning it can be pounded into other shapes, stretched into a wire and cut into slices.
Pharmacological Actions
None recorded.
Indications
None recorded.
Contraindications
None recorded.
Temperament
None recorded.
Occurrence, Taste & Odor
None recorded.
Dosage
None recorded.
Available Brands
None recorded.
Compound Preparations
No Compound Preparation information is available for Lead.
Substitutes
No information regarding Lead's substitute is currently available.
Active Constituents
No information regarding Lead's active constituent is currently available.
Antidotes
No information regarding Lead's antidote is currently available.
Toxicity
Currently no Toxicity information is available for Lead. (work in progress)