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smithsonite (mineral, inorganic material, ... Materials (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Hard, dense, often shiny, mineral composed of zinc carbonate. Smithsonite was the principal source for zinc prior to 1880. It has been found in Greece, Germany, Austria, Poland, Italy, Rhodesia, and the United States. Smithsonite can be white, gray, green, blue, yellow, purple, pink, or brown. It occurs as a secondary mineral in the oxidized zones of hydrothermal ore deposits. Formerly confused with hemimorphite, and both were called calamine; see "calamine(mineral admixture)."
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| smithsonite (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,N)
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............ | named for James Smithson, founder of the Smithsonian Institution |
| ZnCO3 (C,U,A,English,UF,U,U)
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| smithsoniet (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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| zinkspaat (C,U,Dutch,UF,U,U)
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| galmei (C,U,Dutch,UF,U,U)
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| Zincspat (C,U,German,UF,U,U)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: M.MT |
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........................ smithsonite (P,U) |
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| Dutch ..... Het mineraal Smithsoniet (of zinkspaat) is een zink-carbonaat Het is ook bekend onder de benamingen galmei en kalamijn. De plaatsnaam La Calamine verwijst naar laatstgenoemde benaming. |
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| composed of .... |
zinc |
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(<zinc and zinc alloys>, nonferrous metal, ... Materials (hierarchy name)) [300011037] |
| distinguished from .... |
hemimorphite |
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(mineral, inorganic material, ... Materials (hierarchy name)) [300390895] |
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