hydrozincite

[ hahy-droh-zing-kahyt ]

noun

, Mineralogy.

1. a hydrous zinc carbonate, Zn 5 (CO 3 ) 2 (OH) 6 , an important ore of zinc in some localities.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hydrozincite¹

1850–55; < German Hydrozinkit; hydr- ², zincite

Example Sentences

Zinc′-am′yl, a colourless transparent liquid, composed of zinc and amyl; Zinc′-blende, sphalerite, native sulphide of zinc; Zinc′-bloom, hydrozincite; Zinc-col′ic, a colic caused by the slow poison of zinc-oxide; Zinc′-ē′thyl, a colourless volatile liquid, composed of zinc and the radical ethyl.—adjs.

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