Hydrozincite, also known as zinc bloom or marionite, is a white carbonate mineral consisting of Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6. It is usually found in massive rather than crystalline form.
hydrozincite, marionite, redirects, here, religious, group, maronite, people, called, marionites, marion, disambiguation, places, also, known, zinc, bloom, marionite, white, carbonate, mineral, consisting, usually, found, massive, rather, than, crystalline, fo. Marionite redirects here For the religious group see Maronite For people called Marionites see Marion disambiguation places Hydrozincite also known as zinc bloom or marionite is a white carbonate mineral consisting of Zn5 CO3 2 OH 6 It is usually found in massive rather than crystalline form HydrozinciteGeneralCategoryCarbonate mineralFormula repeating unit Zn5 CO3 2 OH 6IMA symbolHznc 1 Strunz classification5 BA 15Crystal systemMonoclinicCrystal classPrismatic 2 m same H M symbol Space groupC2 mUnit cella 13 58 A b 6 28 A c 5 41 A b 95 51 Z 2IdentificationColorWhite to grey stained pale pink or pale yellow or brown colourless in transmitted light Crystal habitLathlike or bladed crystals uncommon in fibrous stalactitic reniform pisolitic aggregates also earthy chalky massiveTwinningContact twinning on 100 CleavagePerfect on 100 FractureIrregular unevenTenacityVery brittleMohs scale hardness2 2 1 2LusterSilky pearly dull earthyStreakWhiteDiaphaneityTransparent translucentSpecific gravity3 5 4Optical propertiesBiaxial Refractive indexna 1 630 nb 1 642 ng 1 750Birefringenced 0 1202V angleMeasured 40 calculated 40 Dispersionrelatively strongUltraviolet fluorescenceFluoresces pale blue to lilac under UVSolubilityReadily soluble in acids References 2 3 4 It occurs as an oxidation product of zinc ores and as post mine incrustations It occurs associated with smithsonite hemimorphite willemite cerussite aurichalcite calcite and limonite 2 It was first described in 1853 for an occurrence in Bad Bleiberg Carinthia Austria and named for its chemical content 3 References Edit Warr L N 2021 IMA CNMNC approved mineral symbols Mineralogical Magazine 85 3 291 320 Bibcode 2021MinM 85 291W doi 10 1180 mgm 2021 43 S2CID 235729616 a b Handbook of Mineralogy a b Mindat Webmineral data Mineral galleries dataExternal links Edit Media related to Hydrozincite at Wikimedia Commons This article about a specific carbonate mineral is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hydrozincite amp oldid 1165695428, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
