Smithsonite

Origin

Named after James Smithson (1754-1829) in 1832.

Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

Noun

smithsonite

(uncountable)

(mineralogy) A mineral form of zinc carbonate, Zn C O

3, mined as an ore of zinc or as an ornamental stone.

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