Meaning of "zinkenite" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ZINKENITE

Named after J. K. L. Zincken (1790–1862), German mineralogist.

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PRONUNCIATION OF ZINKENITE

zinkenite  [ˈzɪŋkəˌnaɪt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ZINKENITE

Zinkenite is a noun.

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WHAT DOES ZINKENITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Zinkenite

Zinkenite is a steel-gray metallic sulfosalt mineral composed of lead antimony sulfide Pb9Sb22S42. Zinkenite occurs as acicular needle-like crystals. It was first described in 1826 for an occurrence in the Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany and named after its discoverer, German mineralogist and mining geologist, Johann Karl Ludwig Zinken.

Definition of zinkenite in the English dictionary

The definition of zinkenite in the dictionary is a steel-grey metallic mineral consisting of a sulphide of lead and antimony. Formula: Pb6Sb14S27.

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ZINKENITE»

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Antimony

Zinkenite Zinkenite Zinkenite, Fargo mine, Stevens County, Washington General Category Sulfosalt minerals Chemical formula Pb9Sb22S42 Strunz classification 02.JB.35a Zinkenite is a steel-gray metallic sulfosalt mineral composed of lead ...

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Antimony

Zinkenite is a steel-gray metallic sulfosalt mineral composed of lead antimony sulfide Pb9Sb22S42. Zinkenite occurs as acicular needle-like crystals.295 Itwas firstdescribedin1826foranoccurrenceintheHarzMountains, SaxonyAnhalt, Germany ...

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Mineralogical Application on Environments, Archeometry and ...

The following minerals have been determined: zinkenite, fuloppite, twinnite, plagionite, robinsonite, and gratonite. The most abundant Pb-Sb(As) sulfosalts are zinkenite and fuloppite (Figure 3g, 3h, 3i). Zinkenite occurs in lath-, needle- to  ...

Antonio Gianfagna, 2013

Bulletin - United States Geological Survey

Zinkenite, plagionite, jamesonite, semseyite, boulangerite, ineneghinite, geocronite, kilbrickenite, and epiboulan- gerite are sulphantimonides. Other sulphantimonides of lead and silver are brongniardite, diaphorite, freieslebenite, and ...

Geological Survey (U.S.), 1911

Outlines of Mineralogy, Geology, and Mineral Analysis

5. Sulphur Salts of Lead. Sp. 1. Zinkenite. This mineral was discovered by M. Zinken, at Wolfsberg, near Stolberg, in the eastern Hartz. It was named by M. G. Rose, in honour of the discoverer. To him we are indebted for the first description of it.

Thomas Thomson, 1836

The Edinburgh Journal of Science ... Conducted by (Sir) ...

When heated alone before the blowpipe on charcoal, the Zinkenite briskly decrepitates, and melts as easily as the grey antimony. Small metallic globules are formed, which are entirely volatile, on the blast being continued, while the charcoal ...

David Sir Brewster, 1826

Instructions for the discrimination of minerals: by simple ...

Zinkenite = Pb Sb S,. Jamesonite = Pb Sb S.. Bournonite = Cu Pb Sb S,. BB, wholly, or almost wholly, volatile ; provided the blast is long sustained. Native Antimony is distinguished from the others by its tin-white colour. BB strongly heated, it ...

Franz von Kobell, 1841

The Data of Geochemistry

The sulphosalts of lead are numerous, although, on "account of their individual rarity, they have little significance as ores." Sarto- rite, dufrenoysite, guitermanite, jordanite, rathite, and lengenbachite are sulpEarsenides. Zinkenite, plagionite ...

Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, 1920

Bulletin

Sarto- rite, dufrenoysite, guitermanite, jordanite, rathite, and lengenbachite are sulpharsenides. Zinkenite, plagionite, jamesonite, semseyite, boulangerite, meneghinite, geocronite, kilbrickenite, and epiboulan- gerite are sulphantimonides.

‎1920

Second Report on a Cooperative Investigation of the ...

The first authenticated occurrence of zinkenite in the United States was described in Colorado in 1884 ; it had been reported much earlier from another Colorado locality, but this first report has not been confirmed. Park County. — Alma district ...

Rollin E. Stevens, 1960