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zincite

[ zing-kahyt ]

noun

  1. 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

  1. a red or yellow mineral consisting of zinc oxide in hexagonal crystalline form. It occurs in metamorphosed limestone. Formula: ZnO
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of zincite1

First recorded in 1850–55; zinc + -ite 1
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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.

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Zincite.—A detector in which a crystal of zincite is used as the sensitive element.

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Perikon.—A detector in which a bornite crystal makes contact with a zincite crystal.

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Examine zincite, sphalerite, Smithsonite, sheet zinc, galvanized iron, granulated zinc, zinc dust.

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Its chief ores are zincite, ZnO, sphalerite or blende, ZnS, Smithsonite, ZnCO3.

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