smithsonite
smithsonite (calamine) Mineral, ZnCO
3; sp, gr. 4.4;
hardness 4.5;
trigonal; colour variable, shades of grey, brown, or greyish-white, but green, brown, and yellow types also occur; grey
streak; vitreous
lustre; crystals rare, but when they develop
rhombohedral with curved faces, more usually occurs as
botryoidal and stalactitic masses;
cleavage perfect rhombohedral; occurs in the oxidized zone of zinc ore deposits, commonly associated with
sphalerite,
galena, and
calcite, also as a
replacement in
limestone, and in hydrothermal veins; soluble in dilute hydrochloric acid, with effervescence. The green variety is used to make ornaments. It is named after the British mineralogist James Smithson (founder of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC).
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