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.

Origin of zincite

First recorded in 1850–55; zinc + -ite¹

Also called red oxide of zinc.

Words Nearby zincite

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How to use zincite in a sentence

A red oxide of zinc ore, called zincite, assumes great economic importance in New Jersey.
Geology | William J. Miller
In the New Jersey mines the zinc ores are the oxides zincite and willemite, and the zinc-iron oxide franklinite.
The A B C of Mining | Charles A. Bramble

British Dictionary definitions for zincite

zincite

/ (ˈzɪŋkaɪt) /

noun

a red or yellow mineral consisting of zinc oxide in hexagonal crystalline form. It occurs in metamorphosed limestone. Formula: ZnO

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