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

/ ˈzɪŋkaɪt /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of zincite¹

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

Example Sentences

A red oxide of zinc ore, called zincite, assumes great economic importance in New Jersey.

From Project Gutenberg

In the New Jersey mines the zinc ores are the oxides zincite and willemite, and the zinc-iron oxide franklinite.

From Project Gutenberg