Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A transparent, light-colored mineral, a hydrous zinc phosphate, found in the calaminmines of Altenberg, near Aix-la-Chapelle.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Min.) A hydrous phosphate of zinc in transparent prismatic crystals.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun mineralogy An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and zinc.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

-ite

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word hopeite.

Examples

    Sorry, no example sentences found.

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.