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    Zincite is the mineral form of zinc oxide (ZnO). Its crystal form is rare in nature; a notable exception to this is at the Franklin and Sterling Hill...
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    surface of one of the zincite crystals. When a sensitive spot was located, the arm was locked in place with the setscrew. Multiple zincite pieces were provided...
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    conductors, and first-aid tapes. Although it occurs naturally as the mineral zincite, most zinc oxide is produced synthetically. Early humans probably used...
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    are fluorescent. More commonly, it occurs with willemite, calcite, and zincite. In these rocks, it forms as disseminated small black crystals with their...
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  • Chabazite Goosecreekite Natrolite Scolecite Stellerite Stilbite Thomsonite Zincite Zinnwaldite Zircon Jacinth (var.) Zoisite Tanzanite (var.) Thulite (var...
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    metamorphosed manganese-rich sediments. It occurs in association with: zincite, willemite, franklinite, rhodonite, jacobsite, diopside, gageite, bustamite...
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    the manufacturing of radio detectors. The result was astonishing: with a zincite (zinc oxide) crystal he gained amplification. This was a negative resistance...
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    The mineral association (assemblage) from Franklin includes willemite, zincite and franklinite. During the mid-to-late 19th century the furnace was the...
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    E900 Zirconium silicate Zircon Zircon, zirconium orthosilicate Zinc oxide Zincite Zinc white, calamine, philosopher's wool, Chinese white, flowers of zinc...
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    Zinc ore from the Sterling Hill Mine. Red = zincite, black = franklinite, white = calcite. Specimen is 6.3 cm wide....
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    Franklin and Sterling Hill Mines in New Jersey. It often occurs with red zincite (zinc oxide) and franklinite (Fe,Mn,Zn)(Fe,Mn)2O4 (an iron rich zinc mineral...
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    their metal oxides, such as in the carbothermic reaction of zinc oxide (zincite) to produce zinc metal: ZnO + C ⟶ Zn + CO {\displaystyle {\ce {ZnO + C...
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  • Zhanghengite Zhangpeishanite Zharchikhite Zhemchuzhnikovite Ziesite Zimbabweite Zincite Zinclipscombite Zincmelanterite Zincobotryogen Zincochromite Zincolivenite...
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    contained lead, while the remaining two-thirds contained amorphous carbon, zincite, cuprite, goethite, elemental silicon or talc, hematite, minium, and organic...
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  • Unlike the other silver halides, iodargyrite (AgI) contains a hexagonal zincite lattice structure. The silver halides have a wide range of solubilities...
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  • Zavaritskite Zav Zincgartrellite Zgtl Zincsilite Zs Zorite Zor Zaykovite Zay Zincite Znc Zinczippeite Zzip Zoubekite Zou Zdenĕkite Zde Zinclipscombite Zlcb...
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    separately. XO form Periclase group Periclase MgO Manganosite MnO Zincite group Zincite ZnO Bromellite BeO Tenorite CuO Litharge PbO X2O form Cuprite Cu2O...
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    Refractive index (nD) n11.7184, n2=1.733 Structure Crystal structure Hexagonal, zincite Space group P63mc Point group C6v Lattice constant a = 2.6979 Å, c = 4...
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    Goethite (FeO(OH)) 0.14 — Brookite (TiO2) 0.131 0.12–1.80 Linobate 0.13 0.075 Zincite (ZnO) 0.127 — synth. Moissanite (SiC) 0.104 — Cassiterite (SnO2) 0.071...
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    Manganosite Black manganosite crystals with zincite and sonolite General Category Oxide mineral Formula (repeating unit) Manganese oxide, MnO IMA symbol...
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    occurs with mooreite, willemite, fluorite, hydrozincite, pyrochroite, zincite and rhodochrosite at Sterling Hill, New Jersey. Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC...
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    began to research these "oscillating crystals" and discovered that biased zincite (zinc oxide) crystals could amplify a signal. Losev was the first to exploit...
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    patent 912,726 - Oscillation receiver (fractured surface red zinc oxide (zincite) detector), 1909 U.S. patent 933,263 - Oscillation device (iron pyrite...
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  • a mining official. Variant names were "Bellville" and "Zincite". A post office called Zincite was established in 1885, and remained in operation until...
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    slag, and is associated with native zinc, hydrocerussite, diaboleite, zincite and hydrozincite. It is named after Werner Simon and Kurt Kolle, Mineral...
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    galaxite, manganosite, pyrochroite, rhodochrosite, tephroite, willemite, and zincite. In 1960, Mayumi Yoshinaga was investigating alleghanyite and other manganese...
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    Clockwise from top-left: Amethyst, Aquamarine, Franklinite & Zincite under ultraviolet light, Pyrite, Hematite, Cinnabar...
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    Losev, who in 1922 discovered negative differential resistance in biased zincite (zinc oxide) point contact junctions. He used these to build solid-state...
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    called after him, Brucite. He also detected and correctly analyzed the zincite of Sussex County, New Jersey, and published a valuable paper "On the Ores...
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  • Franklinite sitting in matrix of zincite, willemite, and calcite...
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