zincianhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zincian_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezincian, adj.
First published 1986; not fully revised

zincianadjective

Mineralogy.
  1. 1930–
    Of a mineral: having a (small) proportion of a constituent element replaced by zinc.
    1. 1930
      Zinc—zincian.
      W. T. Schaller in American Mineralogist vol. 15 571
    2. 1968
      Pisanite is a cuprian variety..; sommairite zincian melanterite.
      I. Kostov, Mineralogy ix. 498
    3. 1977
      The proportion of zinc is probably insufficient to justify a new name... It might, therefore, be called a zincian takovite.
      American Mineralogist vol. 42 463/2

zincian, adj. was first published in 1986; not fully revised.

zincian, adj. was last modified in December 2024.