hemimorphite

hemimorphite
/hem'i mawr"fuyt/, n.
a hydrous zinc silicate mineral, Zn4(OH)2Si2O7·H2O, occurring in clear, colorless orthorhombic crystals; calamine: an ore of zinc.
[1865-70; HEMI- MORPH(IC) + -ITE1]

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 one of two minerals formerly called calamine in the U.S., a white silicate mineral that is an important zinc ore. A secondary mineral formed from the alteration of sphalerite, it is a hydrated basic zinc silicate, Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O. It is associated with other zinc ores in veins and beds in limestone and occurs in many zinc mines throughout the world. Well-crystallized, sheaflike specimens have been found in Siberia; Romania; Sardinia; Belgium; and New Jersey and Montana in the United States. For detailed physical properties, see silicate mineral (table).

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