Silicate+of+zinc
121Yilgarn Craton — The Yilgarn Craton is a large craton which constitutes the bulk of the Western Australian land mass. It is bounded by a mixture of sedimentary basins and Proterozoic fold and thrust belts. Zircon grains in the Jack Hills, Narryer Gneiss Terrane… …
122Africa — /af ri keuh/, n. 1. a continent S of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian oceans. 551,000,000; ab. 11,700,000 sq. mi. (30,303,000 sq. km). adj. 2. African. * * * I Second largest continent on Earth. It is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea,… …
123calamine — /kal euh muyn , min/, n. 1. a pink, water insoluble powder consisting of zinc oxide and about 0.5 percent ferric oxide, used in ointments, lotions, or the like, for the treatment of inflammatory conditions of the skin. 2. Mineral. hemimorphite. 3 …
124nutrition — nutritional, nutritionary, adj. nutritionally, adv. /nooh trish euhn, nyooh /, n. 1. the act or process of nourishing or of being nourished. 2. the science or study of, or a course of study in, nutrition, esp. of humans. 3. the process by which… …
125nickel processing — Introduction preparation of the metal for use in various products. Although it is best known for its use in coinage, nickel (Ni) has become much more important for its many industrial applications, which owe their importance to a… …
126sulfure — [ sylfyr ] n. m. • 1787; de sulf(o) et ure ♦ Composé du soufre avec un métal ou un cation complexe. ⇒ persulfure , polysulfure. Le sulfure de carbone est employé dans la lutte contre le phylloxéra (⇒ sulfurage) , dans la vulcanisation du… …
127sulfuré — sulfure [ sylfyr ] n. m. • 1787; de sulf(o) et ure ♦ Composé du soufre avec un métal ou un cation complexe. ⇒ persulfure , polysulfure. Le sulfure de carbone est employé dans la lutte contre le phylloxéra (⇒ sulfurage) , dans la vulcanisation du… …
128Glass — This article is about the material. For other uses, see Glass (disambiguation). Moldavite, a natural glass formed by meteorite impact, from Besednice, Bohemia …
