smithsonite

English

Etymology

Named after James Smithson (1754-1829) in 1832.^[1]

Noun

smithsonite (countable and uncountable, plural smithsonites)

(mineralogy) A mineral form of zinc carbonate, Zn C O₃, mined as an ore of zinc or as an ornamental stone.

Synonyms

zinc spar

Translations

mineral

Arabic: سميثسونيت
Armenian: սմիթսոնիտ (hy) (smitʻsonit)
Basque: smithsonita
Bulgarian: смитсонит m (smitsonit)
Catalan: smithsonita f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 菱鋅礦 / 菱锌矿 (zh) (língxīnkuàng)
Czech: smithsonit m
Dutch: smithsoniet
Finnish: sinkkisälpä, smithsoniitti
French: smithsonite (fr) f
German: Smithsonit, Zinkspat n
Greek: σμιθσονίτης f (smithsonítis)
Hebrew: סמיתסוניט
Italian: smithsonite f
Japanese: 菱亜鉛鉱 (りょうあえんこう, ryōaenkō)
Lithuanian: smitsonitas
Norwegian: smithsonitt, sinkspat
Persian: اسمیت زونیت
Polish: smithsonit (pl) m
Portuguese: smithsonita f
Russian: смитсони́т (ru) m (smitsonít), ци́нковый шпа́т m (cínkovyj špát)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: смитсо̀нӣт m

Roman: smitsònīt (sh) m
Slovak: smithsonit m
Spanish: smithsonita f
Swedish: zinkspat c, galmeja, smithsonit
Ukrainian: смітсоніт m (smitsonit)
Vietnamese: xmitxonit, smithsonit

Further reading

David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Smithsonite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
“smithsonite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

^ Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

Anagrams

omnitheists

French

Noun

smithsonite f (countable and uncountable, plural smithsonites)

(mineralogy) smithsonite

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zmit.soˈni.te/
Rhymes: -ite
Hyphenation: smith‧so‧nì‧te

Noun

smithsonite f (countable and uncountable, plural smithsoniti)

(mineralogy) smithsonite