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A common ore of zinc
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hemimorphite
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Hemimorphite , is Zn(SiO)(OH)·HO, a component of calamine . It is a sorosilicate mineral which has been historically mined from the upper parts of zinc and lead ores , chiefly associated with smithsonite , ZnCO. They were assumed to be the same mineral ...
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n. a white mineral; a common ore of zinc [syn: calamine ]
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n. (context mineral English) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and zinc.