Zincosite Mineral Data

Zincosite Mineral Data

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General Zincosite Information

Chemical Formula:

ZnSO4

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 161.45 gm

Zinc 40.50 % Zn 50.41 % ZnO

Sulfur 19.86 % S 49.59 % SO₃

Oxygen 39.64 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Zn(SO₄)

IMA Status:

Not Approved IMA

Locality:

Barranco-Jarosa mine, Aquilas, Murcia, Sierra Almagrera, Spain. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Synonym:

Zinkosite

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Zincosite Crystallography

Crystal System:

OrthorhombicSpace Group: Unk

Physical Properties of Zincosite

Color:

White, Wine yellow.

Density:

4.33

Optical Properties of Zincosite

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.082 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
KPDmeas= 0.1537,KC= 0.1674

Optical Data:

Biaxial (-), a=1.658, b=1.669, g=1.67, bire=0.0120, 2V(Calc)=32, 2V(Meas)=25.

Calculated Properties of Zincosite

Electron Density:

r_electron=4.18 gm/cc
note: r_Zincosite=4.33 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.01828
Boson Index = 0.98172

Photoelectric:

PE_Zincosite= 21.27 barns/electron
U=PE_Zincosite x r_electron= 89.00 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Zincosite is Not Radioactive

Zincosite Classification

Dana Class:

28.0.0.0 (28)Sulfate Minerals

(28.0)Without Dana Classification Numbers

(Sulfate)

Strunz Class:

VI/A.01-20 VI - Sulfates,Chromates,Molybdates and Tungstates

VI/A - Waterfree sulfates [SO4]2- without unfamiliar anions. cations of medium size

VI/A.01 - Chalcocyanite - Zincocite ? series

VI/A.01-10 Chalcocyanite CuSO4 Pmnb 2/m 2/m 2/m

VI/A.01-20 Zincosite ZnSO4 Unk Ortho

Other Zincosite Information

References:

PHYS. PROP.(Dana's Sys. of Min.,7th ed.,Vol.2,1951) OPTIC PROP.(Dana's Sys. of Min.,7th ed.,Vol.2,)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Zincosite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -MinDAT 7 -MinMax(Deutsch) 8 -MinMax(English) 9 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 10 -QUT Mineral Atlas 11 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Zincosite

ZnSO4
Dana No: Unknown Strunz No: VI/A.01-20
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