"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. Wikipedia link: smithsonite Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Minerals Synonyms: zinc spar Translations (mineral): سميثسونيت (Arabic), սմիթսոնիտ (smitʿsonit) (Armenian), smithsonita (Basque), смитсонит (smitsonit) [masculine] (Bulgarian), smithsonita [feminine] (Catalan), 菱鋅礦 (Chinese Mandarin), 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 [Roman, 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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