zinciferous

[Eng. zinc, s., and Lat. fero =to bear, to produce.) Producing zinc; as, zinc iferous ore. zinc-īte, s. [Eng. zinc; suff. -ite ( Min.); Ger. zinkit, rothzinkerz; Fr. zinc oxydé.] Min.: A mineral of sparse occurrence, at present only known to have been found at certain mines in Su ex county, in New Jersey. Crystallization hexagonal; hardne , 4-4-5; specific gravity, 5'43-5-7; luster sub-adamantine; color, deep red, streak, an orange-yellow; translucent to sub-translucent; fracture, sub-conchoidal; brittle. Composition: Oxygen, 1974; zinc, 80-26=100, whence the formula ZnO. zińck'-en-ite, zińk'-en-ite, subst. [After Herr Zincken, the director of the Anhalt mines; suff. -ite (Min.).] Mineral.: An orthorhombic mineral, occurring mostly in divergent groups of hexagonal prisms at Wolfsberg, in the Hartz Mountains. Hardne , 3-3-5; specific gravity, 5'30-5-35; luster, metallic; color and streak, steel-gray; opaque. Composition: Sulphur, 22'1; antimony, 426; lead, 35-3=100, thus yielding the formula PbS+Sb2S3. zinc-ký, zińk-ý, adj. [Eng. zinc, s.; -y.] Pertaining to zinc; containing zinc; having the ap pearance of zinc. zin-cō-, pref. [Eng. zinc, and o connect.] Of or pertaining to zinc (q. v.). *zinco-polar, a . Galv.: A term applied to the surface of the zinc presented to the acid in a battery. zinc-ōde, s. [Eng.zinc, and Gr. hodos =a way.] The positive pole of a galvanic battery.