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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
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smithsonite
smithsonite
English
Noun
smithsonite (countable and uncountable, plural smithsonites)
- (mineralogy) A mineral form of zinc carbonate, ZnCO3, mined as an ore of zinc or as an ornamental stone.
Synonyms
- zinc spar
Translations
mineral
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- ↑ 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)
- (mineralogy) smithsonite