White lead is the chemical compound (PbCO₃)₂·Pb(OH)₂. It is a complex chemical compound, containing both a carbonate and a hydroxide portion. It was formerly used as an ingredient for lead paint and a cosmetic called Venetian Ceruse, because its opaque quality and the satiny smooth mixture it made with driable oils it made a good pigment. However, it tended to cause lead poisoning, and its use has been banned in most countries.

Cerussite (also known as lead carbonate or white lead ore) is a mineral consisting of lead carbonate (PbCO₃), and an important ore of lead. The name is from the Latin cerussa, white lead. Cerussa nativa was mentioned by Conrad Gessner in 1565, and in 1832 F. S. Beudant applied the name cruse to the mineral, whilst the present form, cerussite, is due to W. Haidinger (1845). Miners' names in early use were lead-spar and white-lead-ore.

Cerussit (lateinisch: cerussa = weißes Blei), veraltet auch Weißbleierz genannt, ist ein verbreitet vorkommendes Mineral aus der Mineralklasse der Carbonate (und Nitrate). Es kristallisiert im orthorhombischen Kristallsystem mit der chemischen Zusammensetzung Pb[CO₃] und entwickelt meist prismatische oder pyramidale Kristalle, aber auch massige Mineral-Aggregate. Durch Zwillingsbildung entstehen zudem pseudohexagonale Kristallformen.

La céruse, encore appelée blanc de Saturne, est un pigment blanc à base de plomb (sous sa forme neutre COPb). Ce produit fut longtemps le seul pigment blanc couvrant connu.

La cérusite est un minéral composé de carbonate naturel de plomb (PbCO₃), cristallisant dans le système cristallin orthorhombique , groupe d'espace Pmcn.

Cerusyt – minerał z grupy węglanów. Jest mineralem rzadkim.

La cerussite è un minerale.