"smithsonite" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: smithsonites [plural]
Etymology: Named after James Smithson (1754-1829) in 1832. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} smithsonite (countable and uncountable, plural smithsonites)
  1. (mineralogy) A mineral form of zinc carbonate, ZnCO₃, mined as an ore of zinc or as an ornamental stone. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: zinc spar Translations (mineral): سميثسونيت (Arabic), սմիթսոնիտ (smitʻsonit) (Armenian), smithsonita (Basque), смитсонит (smitsonit) [masculine] (Bulgarian), smithsonita [feminine] (Catalan), 菱鋅礦 /菱锌矿 (língxīnkuàng) (Chinese Mandarin), smithsonit [masculine] (Czech), smithsoniet (Dutch), sinkkisälpä (Finnish), smithsoniitti (Finnish), smithsonite [feminine] (French), Smithsonit (German), Zinkspat [neuter] (German), σμιθσονίτης (smithsonítis) [feminine] (Greek), סמיתסוניט (Hebrew), smithsonite [feminine] (Italian), 菱亜鉛鉱 (ryōaenkō) (alt: りょうあえんこう) (Japanese), smitsonitas (Lithuanian), smithsonitt (Norwegian), sinkspat (Norwegian), اسمیت زونیت (Persian), smithsonit [masculine] (Polish), smithsonita [feminine] (Portuguese), смитсони́т (smitsonít) [masculine] (Russian), ци́нковый шпа́т (cínkovyj špát) [masculine] (Russian), смитсо̀нӣт [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), smitsònīt [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), smithsonit [masculine] (Slovak), smithsonita [feminine] (Spanish), zinkspat [common-gender] (Swedish), galmeja (Swedish), smithsonit (Swedish), смітсоніт (smitsonit) [masculine] (Ukrainian), xmitxonit (Vietnamese), smithsonit (Vietnamese)

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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "smithsonita"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "smitsonít",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "смитсони́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "cínkovyj špát",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ци́нковый шпа́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "смитсо̀нӣт"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "smitsònīt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "smithsonit"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "smithsonita"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "zinkspat"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "galmeja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "smithsonit"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "smitsonit",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "смітсоніт"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "xmitxonit"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "mineral",
      "word": "smithsonit"
    }
  ],
  "word": "smithsonite"
}

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