noun
- a white, yellow, or gray mineral consisting of zinc carbonate, used as an ore of zinc
Usage: mineralogy
Examples
- The miners discovered a rich vein of smithsonite in the limestone cave.
- Smithsonite is an important source of zinc for industrial applications.
- The museum’s mineral collection includes several beautiful specimens of smithsonite.
- Geologists identified the pale yellow crystals as smithsonite.
- The zinc mine primarily extracted smithsonite and sphalerite.
- Smithsonite often forms in the oxidized zones of zinc ore deposits.