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A zinc mineral that disguises itself as fifty other gems before anyone catches on.
named forChemist James Smithson, who funded the Smithsonian
sneaky chameleonComes in blue, green, pink, purple, yellow
once calledConfused with hemimorphite as plain calamine
glows upBotryoidal blobs look like frozen grape clusters
zinc sourceHistorically smelted as a key zinc ore