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British Mineralogy
CCII
Zincum oxygenizatum
Stalactitical Oxide of Zinc, or Calamine
- Class 3. Metals.
- Order 1. Homogeneous.
- Gen. 6. Zincum.
- Spec. 1. Oxygenizatum.
- Div. 2. Imitative.
- Syn. Zinc oxidé concrétionné. Haüy, 4. 162.
Calamine, or Oxide of Zinc, is here truly imitative. In the present instance it much resembles Flos-Ferri*, which, however, is generally more varied in its form. This is a rare specimen, which was presented to Sir Joseph Banks by my kind friend G. Laing, Esq., and comes from Wanlockhead mine, in Scotland.
- * Flos-Ferri is well known from the Styria Iron mines, and is mostly of a fine white, and coralliform shape, like tab. 9, but with a surface finely covered with minute speculated crystals, giving it a soft downy appearance. We have moderate specimens from Scotland. The lower figure is from a botryoidal specimen from the same place.
