Definition of hemimorphite in English:
hemimorphite
noun ˌhɛmɪˈmɔːfʌɪtˌheməˈmôrfīt
mass nounA mineral consisting of hydrated zinc silicate, typically occurring as flat white prisms.
Example sentencesExamples
- Unusual cuprite pseudomorphs after azurite have been found at the Rose mine, Grant County, and cuprite-included hemimorphite is reported from the Blanchard mine in the Hansonburg district, Socorro County.
- Local collectors had tentatively identified it as willemite or smithsonite, based perhaps on the occurrence of botryoidal blue hemimorphite at the same locality.
- Adamite occurs with conichalcite, agardite, and hemimorphite.
- Historically, smithsonite is referred to as calamine in some descriptive literature, particularly that related to Great Britain and Australia, leading to confusion with hemimorphite if specific compositional data are lacking.
- Pseudomorphs of sphalerite after galena, tetrahedrite, barite, and calcite have been found; hemimorphite and smithsonite pseudomorphs after sphalerite are reported.