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Common card · Science
Hemimorphite, a Common card
Hemimorphite is the chemical compound Zn42·H2O, a component of mineral calamine.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 49
- DEF
- 24
- Power
- 73
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 10,000
Power 73 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 15 % of WikiCards cards.
Hemimorphite quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hemimorphite card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Both compounds were originally believed to be the same mineral and ______ as calamine.
Answer
classified. Both compounds were originally believed to be the same mineral and classified as calamine. From the Hemimorphite article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Jim Blinn. Jim Blinn 52 · Hemimorphite 49 · Honda That's 45 · Caput mortuum 38 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It is a silicate mineral which, together with smithsonite, has been historically mined from the upper parts of zinc and lead ores.
- Both compounds were originally believed to be the same mineral and classified as calamine.
- In the second half of the 18th century, it was discovered that these two different compounds were both present in calamine.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hemimorphite article was read about 10,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 49 and blocks with 24: each hit it takes is cut by 10 %.
How to get Hemimorphite
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Cards close in power
The cards just above and just below Hemimorphite in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Xiao ChuaCommon · Science · ATK 48 DEF 25
- Eberhard III, Duke of WürttembergCommon · History · ATK 54 DEF 19
- Food cartCommon · Society · ATK 49 DEF 24
- Honda That'sCommon · Science · ATK 45 DEF 28
- Mac WilkinsCommon · Society · ATK 51 DEF 22
- Loki SchmidtCommon · Arts · ATK 49 DEF 24
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hemimorphite (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
