It is a complex salt containing both carbonate and hydroxide ions.
White lead paint makeup.
White lead occurs naturally as a mineral in which context it is known as hydrocerussite a hydrate of cerussite.
It was formerly used as an ingredient for lead paint and a cosmetic called venetian ceruse because of its opacity and the satiny smooth mixture it made.
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Look closely and you ll see eye makeup on this limestone bust of egyptian queen nefertiti circa 1355 b c.
Next she dips her fingertips into the creams and powders of her toilet table gravitating toward a bright white paint filled with lead which she delicately paints over her features.
White lead is the basic lead carbonate 2pbco 3 pb oh 2.
In ancient egypt people wore lead makeup on their eyes.
Rublev colours stack lead white is made according to the sixteenth century dutch stack process.