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General Zinc Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: Zn
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 65.39 gm
   Zinc 100.00 %  Zn
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Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Zn
Help on Environment: Environment: Oxidized sphalerite, as volcanic exhalations, and in platinum concentrates.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Valid Species (Pre-IMA) Prehistoric
Help on Locality: Locality: Elsa mine, Keno Hill-Galena Hill area, Yukon Territory, Canada. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: From the German, "zink."
Help on Synonym: Synonym: ICSD 64990
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Zinc

Comments: Dull light gray zinc grain.
Location: Kazakhstan. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Zinc Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:c = 1:1.856
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 2.6591, c = 4.9353, Z = 2; V = 30.22 Den(Calc)= 7.19
Help on Crystal System: 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/Io): 2.091(1), 2.473(0.53), 2.308(0.4),
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Wyckoff R W G , Crystal Structures , 1 (1963) p.7-83, Second edition. Interscience Publishers, New York, New York, Hexagonal closest packed, hcp, structure

 

Physical Properties of Zinc

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: [0001] Perfect
Help on Color: Color: Blue gray.
Help on Density: Density: 6.9 - 7.2, Average = 7.05
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Opaque
Help on Fracture: Fracture: Brittle - Generally displayed by glasses and most non-metallic minerals.
Help on Habit: Habit: Irregular Grains - Occurs as splotchy, anhedral crystals forming inclusions in other minerals or rocks.
Help on Habit: Habit: Platy - Sheet forms (e.g. micas).
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 2 - Gypsum
Help on Luster: Luster: Metallic
Help on Streak: Streak: light gray
 

Calculated Properties of Zinc

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=6.60 gm/cc
note: rZinc =7.19 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.041
Boson Index = 0.959
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEZinc = 51.95 barns/electron
U=PEZinc x relectron= 342.72 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Zinc is Not Radioactive

 

Zinc Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 1.1.5.1 (1)Native Elements
  (1.1)with metallic elements other than the platinum group
  (1.1.5)Dana Group
 
1.1.5.1 Zinc Zn P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
1.1.5.2 Cadmium Cd P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: I/A.04-10 I - Elements
  I/A - Metallic and intermetallic compounds, Carbides, Nitrides, Phosphides and Silicides
  I/A.04 - Zinc-Cadmium series
 
I/A.04-10 Zinc Zn P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
I/A.04-15 Brass* Cu3Zn2 Unk Cubic
 
I/A.04-20 Zhanghengite (Cu,Zn,Fe,Al,Cr) I m3m 4/m 3 2/m
 
I/A.04-30 Danbaite CuZn2 Unk Cubic
 
I/A.04-40 Cadmium Cd P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 

Other Zinc Information

Help on References: References: NAME( AntBidBlaNic1) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Zinc :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery 3 -Athena 4 - Crocoite.com Mineral Locations 5 - EUROmin Project 6 -Google Images 7 -Google Scholar 8 -MinDAT 9 -MinMax(Deutsch) 10 -MinMax(English) 11 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 12 -QUT Mineral Atlas 13 - WWW-MINCRYST 14 -École des Mines de Paris

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