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Mindat Short Description
Calcite Group. Siderite-Smithsonite Series.
Smithsonite is often found as a secondary mineral in the oxidation zone of zinc ore deposits. It can also be observed in sedimentary deposits and as a direct oxidation product of sphalerite.
Geoscience Ontology Status Notes
Beudant F S (1832) Smithsonite, zinc carbonaté, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition, (Paris) 354-357
IMA Formula (from Mindat)
Zn(CO3)
RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)
Zn2+CO3
