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What does zincite mean?

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Noun
  1. (mineralogy) A yellow, orange or dark-red mineral form of zinc oxide, often also containing small amounts of manganese, with a chemical formula (Zn,Mn2+)O, an important ore of zinc.
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Zincite crystallizes in the hexagonal system.
In the New Jersey mines the zinc ores are the oxides zincite and willemite, and the zinc-iron oxide franklinite.
It is never found in pure state but rather as zinc carbonate, zinc oxide, zinc silicate, as well as in minerals like franklinite and zincite.
Despite its striking beauty, zincite remains a rare collector's item.

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