Red-oxide-of-zinc


noun, Mineralogy.
1.
zincite.
noun
1.
a brittle, deep-red to orange-yellow mineral, native zinc oxide, ZnO, usually massive or granular: formerly an important ore of zinc.
noun
1.
a red or yellow mineral consisting of zinc oxide in hexagonal crystalline form. It occurs in metamorphosed limestone. Formula: ZnO

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