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

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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