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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

(Min.)

[Named after Gen.

Zarata

of Spain.]

A hydrous carbonate of nickel occurring as an emerald-green incrustation on chromite; – called also

emerald nickel

zaratite ‎(plural zaratites)

(mineralogy) a hydrous basic nickel carbonate occurring in emerald-green incrustations or compact masses