Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A usually white or colorless mineral, essentially Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O, an important ore of zinc.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Calamin, or hydrous silicate of zinc: a name given in allusion to the common hemimorphic character of the crystals.
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- noun mineralogy An orthorhombic-pyramidal
mineral containinghydrogen ,oxygen ,silicon , andzinc .
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- noun a white mineral; a common ore of zinc
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[hemimorph(ic) + –ite.]
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This unfortunate confusion is somewhat lessened by the use of the terms zinc-spar and hemimorphite (_q. v._) for the carbonate and silicate respectively.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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