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crystal structure and a color that depends on the presence of impurities. The zincite found at the
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before the advent of vacuum tubes. As an early radio detector it was used in conjunction with another mineral,
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499:. Handbook of Mineralogy
16:Not to be confused with
454:Mineralogical Magazine
412:cat's-whisker detector
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81:Strunz classification
615:Oxide mineral stubs
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610:Zinc oxide
584:Categories
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343:New Jersey
320:zinc oxide
303:References
284:= 2.013, n
215:Mohs scale
199:Conchoidal
120:H-M symbol
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366:willemite
359:manganese
351:hexagonal
298:δ = 0.016
262:5.64–5.68
171:On {0001}
106:Hexagonal
511:. Mindat
418:See also
335:Franklin
318:form of
218:hardness
205:Tenacity
195:Fracture
177:Cleavage
167:Twinning
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497:Zincite
462:Bibcode
362:dopants
331:crystal
329:). Its
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314:is the
312:Zincite
288:= 2.029
209:Brittle
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57:Formula
43:General
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18:Zincate
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