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smithsonite

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A mineral form of zinc carbonate, ZnCO3, mined as an ore of zinc or as an ornamental stone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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History

Etymology

Named after James Smithson (1754-1829) in 1832.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سميثسونيت — mineral
  • Armenian: սմիթսոնիտ (smitʻsonit) — mineral
  • Basque: smithsonita — mineral
  • Bulgarian: смитсонит (smitsonit) — mineral
  • Catalan: smithsonita — mineral
  • Chinese Mandarin: 菱鋅礦 /菱锌矿 (língxīnkuàng) — mineral
  • Czech: smithsonit — mineral
  • Dutch: smithsoniet — mineral
  • Finnish: sinkkisälpä — mineral
  • Finnish: smithsoniitti — mineral
  • French: smithsonite — mineral
  • German: Smithsonit — mineral
  • German: Zinkspat — mineral
  • Greek: σμιθσονίτης (smithsonítis) — mineral
  • Hebrew: סמיתסוניט — mineral
  • Italian: smithsonite — mineral
  • Japanese: 菱亜鉛鉱 (ryōaenkō) — mineral
  • Lithuanian: smitsonitas — mineral
  • Norwegian: smithsonitt — mineral
  • Norwegian: sinkspat — mineral
  • Persian: اسمیت زونیت — mineral
  • Polish: smithsonit — mineral
  • Portuguese: smithsonita — mineral
  • Russian: смитсони́т (smitsonít) — mineral
  • Russian: ци́нковый шпа́т (cínkovyj špát) — mineral
  • Serbo-Croatian: смитсо̀нӣт — mineral
  • Serbo-Croatian: smitsònīt — mineral
  • Slovak: smithsonit — mineral
  • Spanish: smithsonita — mineral
  • Swedish: zinkspat — mineral
  • Swedish: galmeja — mineral
  • Swedish: smithsonit — mineral
  • Ukrainian: смітсоніт (smitsonit) — mineral
  • Vietnamese: xmitxonit — mineral
  • Vietnamese: smithsonit — mineral