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Smithsonite

Smith′son-ite

,
Noun.
[See
Smithsonian
.]
(Min.)
Native zinc carbonate. It generally occurs in stalactitic, reniform, or botryoidal shapes, of a white to gray, green, or brown color. See Note under
Calamine
.

Definition 2024


smithsonite

smithsonite

English

Smithsonite

Noun

smithsonite (countable and uncountable, plural smithsonites)

  1. (mineralogy) A mineral form of zinc carbonate, ZnCO3, mined as an ore of zinc or as an ornamental stone.

Synonyms

  • zinc spar

Translations

  1. Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

Anagrams


French

Noun

smithsonite f (countable and uncountable, plural smithsonites)

  1. (mineralogy) smithsonite

Italian

Noun

smithsonite f (countable or uncountable, plural smithsoniti)

  1. (mineralogy) smithsonite