Zaccagnaite Mineral Data

Zaccagnaite Mineral Data

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General Zaccagnaite Information

Chemical Formula:

Zn4Al2(OH)12(CO3)·3(H2O)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 629.83 gm

Aluminum 9.00 % Al 17.00 % Al₂O₃

Zinc 40.49 % Zn 50.40 % ZnO

Hydrogen 2.88 % H 25.74 % H₂O

Carbon 1.91 % C 6.99 % CO₂

Oxygen 45.73 % O

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100.00 % 100.13 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Zn_3.9Al_2.1(OH)₁₂(CO₃)·3(H₂O)

Environment:

Hydrothermal alteration product of sphalerite and Al-rich fluids in calcite vein cavities within the Carrara marble. A member of the hydrotalcite-manasseite groups.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1997 (Dana # Added)

Locality:

Gioia quarry, Colonnata valley, Carrara basin region, Apuan Alps, Italy. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for Domenico Zaccagna (1851-1940) who published the first geologic map of the Apuan Alps and a collector of minerals from the Carrara Marble.

Synonym:

IMA1997-019

Zaccagnaite Image

Images:

Zaccagnaite Zincowoodwardite

Comments: White to pale bluish zaccagnaite intimately intergrown with zincowoodwardite.
Location: Hilarion Mine, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attik? Prefecture, Greece. Scale: Picture size 4 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Images:

Zaccagnaite Fraipontite

Comments: Scanning electron microscope image of hexagonal, tapering, prismatic zaccagnaite crystals, covered by a thin crust of fraipontite. (AmMin 86:1294).
Location: Marble quarries of the Carrara basin (Apuan Alps, Italy). Scale: See Image.
© American Mineralogist

Zaccagnaite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:4.91895

Cell Dimensions:

a = 3.0725, c = 15.1135, Z = 0.3333; V = 123.56 Den(Calc)= 2.82

Crystal System:

Hexagonal - Dihexagonal DipyramidalH-M Symbol (6/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: P 6₃/mmc

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 7.51(1)(002), 1.542(0.75)(108), 1.539(0.75)(110),3.794(0.5)(004), 1.83(0.4)(106), 2.175(0.4)(104), 2.511(0.4)(102), 1.89(0.25)(008), 2.65(0.25)(100),

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Merlino S , Orlandi P , American Mineralogist , 86 (2001) p.1293-1301, Carraraite and zaccagnaite, two new minerals from the Carrara marble quarries:, their chemical compositions, physical properties and structural features

Physical Properties of Zaccagnaite

Color:

White, Colorless.

Diaphaniety:

Transparent

Habit:

Hexagonal - Six-sided crystal shape in cross-section or habit.

Habit:

Microscopic Crystals - Crystals visible only with microscopes.

Habit:

Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline).

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Zaccagnaite

Optical Data:

Uniaxial (?).

NCalc= 1.61 - from Gladstone-Dale relationship (KC = 0.2171) where Ncalc=Dcalc*KC+1

Calculated Properties of Zaccagnaite

Electron Density:

r_electron=2.80 gm/cc
note: r_Zaccagnaite=2.82 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.01703
Boson Index = 0.98297

Photoelectric:

PE_Zaccagnaite= 19.89 barns/electron
U=PE_Zaccagnaite x r_electron= 55.64 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Zaccagnaite is Not Radioactive

Zaccagnaite Classification

Dana Class:

16b.6.1.4 (16b)Carbonates - Hydroxyl or Halogen

(16b.6)Dana Type

(16b.6.1)Sjorgrenite-Hydrotalcite Group (Sojogrenite Subgroup:Hexagonal)

16b.6.1.1 Manasseite Mg6Al2(CO3)(OH)16·4(H2O) P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

16b.6.1.2 Barbertonite Mg6Cr2(CO3)(OH)16·4(H2O) P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

16b.6.1.3 Sjogrenite Mg6Fe2(CO3)(OH)14·5(H2O) P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

16b.6.1.4 Zaccagnaite ! Zn4Al2(OH)12(CO3)·3(H2O) P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

Strunz Class:

V/E.02-09 V - Nitrates, Carbonates and Borates

V/E - Water-bearing carbonates with unfamiliar anions

V/E.02 - Manasseite group

V/E.02-05 Quintinite-2H Mg4Al2(OH)12CO3·4(H2O) P 6₃22 6 2 2

V/E.02-05* Quintinite-3T Mg4Al2(OH)12CO3·4(H2O) P 3₁12,P 3₂12 3 2

V/E.02-07 Caresite Fe4Al2(OH)12CO3·3(H2O) P 3₁12 or P 3₂12 3 2

V/E.02-08 Charmarite-2H Mn4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·3(H2O) P 6₃22 6 2 2

V/E.02-08* Charmarite-3T Mn4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·3(H2O) P 3₁12 3 2

V/E.02-09 Zaccagnaite Zn4Al2(OH)12(CO3)·3(H2O) P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

V/E.02-10 Manasseite Mg6Al2(CO3)(OH)16·4(H2O) P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

V/E.02-20 Chlormagaluminite (Mg,Fe)4Al2(OH)12(Cl2,CO3)·2(H2O) P 6/mcm, P 6cm, P 6c2 Hex

V/E.02-30 Barbertonite Mg6Cr2(CO3)(OH)16·4(H2O) P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

V/E.02-40 Sjogrenite Mg6Fe2(CO3)(OH)14·5(H2O) P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

Other Zaccagnaite Information

References:

NAME( AmMin, Vol 86, p 1293-1301) PHYS. PROP.(AmMin, Vol 86, p 1293-1301) OPTIC PROP.(AmMin, Vol 86, p 1293-1301)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Zaccagnaite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 -Google Images 4 -Google Scholar 5 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 6 -MinDAT 7 -MinMax(Deutsch) 8 -MinMax(English) 9 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 10 -QUT Mineral Atlas

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Zaccagnaite

Zn4Al2(OH)12(CO3)·3(H2O)
Dana No: 16b.6.1.4 Strunz No: V/E.02-09
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