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Definition of willemite in English: willemitenounˈwɪləmʌɪtˈwiləˌmīt mass nounA mineral, typically greenish-yellow and fluorescent, consisting of a silicate of zinc. Example sentencesExamples - Hemimorphite, cerussite, willemite, and chrysocolla occur in all the mines.
- It has been found with mimetite, bromargyrite, aurichalcite, willemite, and murdochite.
- Associated species are many and include franklinite, willemite, marsturite, and manganaxinite.
- Local collectors had tentatively identified it as willemite or smithsonite, based perhaps on the occurrence of botryoidal blue hemimorphite at the same locality.
- Associated minerals can include cerussite, anglesite, pyromorphite, smithsonite, hemimorphite, wulfenite, willemite, vanadinite, descloizite, caledonite, and others.
Origin Mid 19th century: from the name of Willem I (1772–1843), king of the Netherlands, + -ite1. Definition of willemite in US English: willemitenounˈwiləˌmīt A mineral, typically greenish-yellow and fluorescent, consisting of a silicate of zinc. Example sentencesExamples - Local collectors had tentatively identified it as willemite or smithsonite, based perhaps on the occurrence of botryoidal blue hemimorphite at the same locality.
- Associated minerals can include cerussite, anglesite, pyromorphite, smithsonite, hemimorphite, wulfenite, willemite, vanadinite, descloizite, caledonite, and others.
- It has been found with mimetite, bromargyrite, aurichalcite, willemite, and murdochite.
- Associated species are many and include franklinite, willemite, marsturite, and manganaxinite.
- Hemimorphite, cerussite, willemite, and chrysocolla occur in all the mines.
Origin Mid 19th century: from the name of Willem I (1772–1843), king of the Netherlands, + -ite. |