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Definition of Hemimorphite

1. Noun. A white mineral; a common ore of zinc.

Definition of Hemimorphite

1. Noun. (minerology) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and zinc. ¹

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Literary usage of Hemimorphite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Production and Properties of Zinc: A Treatise on the Occurrence and by Walter Renton Ingalls (1902)
"hemimorphite contains water 7-5%, silica 2o%, and zinc oxide 67-5% (53-7% Zn). ... Before the blowpipe hemimorphite is almost infusible. ..."

2. Mineralogy: An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Minerals by Henry Alexander Miers (1902)
"... predominance of the faces C. One of the alteration products of ilmenite (known as leucoxene) appears to be largely a white earthy titanite. hemimorphite ..."

3. Handbook of Metallurgy by Carl Schnabel (1907)
"ELECTRIC CALAMINE, hemimorphite, OR ZINC SILICATE This ore contains 537 per cent, of zinc when pure, and is often intermixed with the ..."

4. A Handbook to a Collection of the Minerals of the British Islands: Mostly by Frederick William Rudler (1905)
"It crystallises in the orthorhombic system, and the term hemimorphite has reference to the ... whence hemimorphite is often called electric calamine. ..."

5. Mineralogy: An Introduction to the Study of Minerals and Crystals by Edward Henry ( Kraus, Walter Fred Hunt (1920)
"Transparent to opaque. Vitreous to dull luster. Fio. 579.—hemimorphite. ... hemimorphite is a secondary mineral, formed by the action of silica bearing ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The name hemimorphite was given by GA Kenngott in 1853 because of the typical ... hemimorphite occurs with other ores of zinc (calamine and blende), ..."

7. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The water contained in hemimorphite is expelled only at a red heat, and the mineral ... hemimorphite occurs with other ores of zinc (calamine and blende), ..."

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