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Zincrosasite Mineral Data + |
General Zincrosasite Information |
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| (Zn,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)2 | |||
| Molecular Weight = 223.42 gm | |||
| Zinc 36.58 % Zn 45.54 % ZnO | |||
| Copper 21.33 % Cu 26.70 % CuO | |||
| Hydrogen 0.90 % H 8.06 % H2O | |||
| Carbon 5.38 % C 19.70 % CO2 | |||
| Oxygen 35.81 % O | |||
| ______ ______ | |||
| 100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | |||
| Zn1.25Cu0.75(CO3)(OH)2 | |||
| An inadequately described species. | |||
| Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1959 | |||
| Tsumeb, Namibia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | |||
| Named as the zinc rich member of rosasite. | |||
Zincrosasite Image | |||
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Zincrosasite Crystallography |
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| Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: P 21/a | |||
Physical Properties of Zincrosasite |
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| [???] Good, [???] Good | |||
| White, White green, Light green. | |||
| 4 - 4.2, Average = 4.09 | |||
| Transparent to Translucent | |||
| Brittle - Generally displayed by glasses and most non-metallic minerals. | |||
| 4.5 - Between Fluorite and Apatite | |||
| Subadamantine | |||
| white | |||
Optical Properties of Zincrosasite |
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| CI meas= -0.1 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC) KPDmeas= 0.2049,KC= 0.1863 |
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| Biaxial (?), b=1.84 | |||
Calculated Properties of Zincrosasite |
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relectron=3.94 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index = 0.01576 Boson Index = 0.98424 |
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PEZincrosasite = 27.66 barns/electron |
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| GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Zincrosasite is Not Radioactive |
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Zincrosasite Classification |
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| 16a.3.1.4 (16a)Carbonates - Hydroxyl or Halogen | |||
| (16a.3)where (A B)2 (XO3) Zq | |||
| (16a.3.1)Rosasite Group | |||
| V/C.01-90 V - Nitrates, Carbonates and Borates | |||
| V/C - Waterfree carbonates with unfamiliar anions | |||
| V/C.01 - Azurite - Rosasite group and related compounds | |||
Other Zincrosasite Information |
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| NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) | |||
| Links to other databases for Zincrosasite : 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 -École des Mines de Paris Search for Zincrosasite using: Visit our Advertisers for Zincrosasite : Translate Zincrosasite Mineral Data : Ask about Zincrosasite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Zincrosasite Specimen Label here :
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