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Record 1 2001-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lead, Zinc, Thallium and Cadmium Mining
  • Geochemistry
  • Mineralogy
CONT

Zinc minerals. Main source of zinc is sphalerite, but some smithsonite (calamine), hemimorphite, zincite, willemite and franklinite are mined. Main uses of the metal are in galvanizing, sheet zinc, die casting, pigments, dry batteries and alloys - brass, manganese bronze, German silver, etc.

OBS

zinc minerals: term rarely used in the singular as a collective noun.

Key term(s)
  • zinc mineral

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plomb, zinc, thallium et cadmium (Mines)
  • Géochimie
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Famille de minéraux qui comprend le zinc et ses composés.

DEF

Nom générique des minéraux renfermant du zinc.

OBS

zincides : terme collectif rarement utilisé au singulier (zincide).

Key term(s)
  • zincide

Spanish

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