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zincite
[zing-kahyt]
noun
a brittle, deep-red to orange-yellow mineral, native zinc oxide, ZnO, usually massive or granular: formerly an important ore of zinc.
zincite
/ ˈɪŋ첹ɪ /
noun
a red or yellow mineral consisting of zinc oxide in hexagonal crystalline form. It occurs in metamorphosed limestone. Formula: ZnO
Example Sentences
This extremely white and fine pigment is prepared by the roasting and sublimation of franklinite, zincite, and other zinc-bearing ores largely found in New Jersey.
Zincite.—A detector in which a crystal of zincite is used as the sensitive element.
Perikon.—A detector in which a bornite crystal makes contact with a zincite crystal.
Examine zincite, sphalerite, Smithsonite, sheet zinc, galvanized iron, granulated zinc, zinc dust.
Its chief ores are zincite, ZnO, sphalerite or blende, ZnS, Smithsonite, ZnCO3.
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