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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A usually white or colorless mineral, essentially Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O, an important ore of zinc. Also called calamine.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Calamin, or hydrous silicate of zinc: a name given in allusion to the common hemimorphic character of the crystals.

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  1. n. mineralogy An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and zinc.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a white mineral; a common ore of zinc

Etymologies

  1. -ite (Wiktionary)
  2. hemimorph(ic) + -ite1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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