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hemimorphite (mineral, inorganic material, ... Materials (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: A white ore composed of hydrous zinc silicate. It is a minor ore of zinc that occurs in zinc mines worldwide with significant deposits in Siberia, Romania, Sardinia, Slovenia, Belgium, Germany, Poland, England, Mexico, and the United States. Formerly confused with smithsonite, and both were called calamine; see "calamine (mineral admixture)."
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| hemimorphite (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,N)
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| electric calamine (H,U,English,UF,U,U)
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| siliceous calamine (H,U,English,UF,U,U)
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| hemimorfiet (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: M.MT |
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| Dutch ..... Het mineraal hemimorfiet is een gehydrateerd zink-silicaat. Het behoort tot de sorosilicaten. Het mineraal komt met name voor als oxidatieproduct in de bovenlaag van zinkblende afzettingen. Bekende vindplaatsen zijn de Belgisch-Duitse grens, Silezië in Polen, en de staten Pennsylvania en Missouri in de Verenigde Staten. |
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Related concepts: |
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| composed of .... |
zinc |
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(<zinc and zinc alloys>, nonferrous metal, ... Materials (hierarchy name)) [300011037] |
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smithsonite |
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(mineral, inorganic material, ... Materials (hierarchy name)) [300395586] |
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