Zemannite Mineral Data

General Zemannite Information

Chemical Formula:

Mg0.5[Zn++Fe+++(TeO3)3]•4.5(H2O)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 741.25 gm

Magnesium 1.64 % Mg 2.72 % MgO

Zinc 8.82 % Zn 10.98 % ZnO

Iron 7.53 % Fe 10.77 % Fe₂O₃

Tellurium 51.64 % Te 64.59 % TeO₂

Hydrogen 1.22 % H 10.94 % H₂O

Oxygen 29.14 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Mg_0.5ZnFe³⁺(TeO₃)₃•4.5(H₂O)

Environment:

Secondary mineal assoiated with other tellurium oxysalts.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1969

Locality:

Moctezuma mine ("La Bambolla"), Moctezuma, Sonora Mexico. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for Josef Zemann (1923-), Austrian mineralogist, University of Vienna, who studied tellurium oxysalts.

Name Pronunciation:

Zemannite + Pronunciation

Synonym:

ICSD 79849

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Zemannite Image

Images:

Zemannite

Comments: Root beer-colored zemannite hexagonal prisms.
Location: Moctezuma mine, Sonora, Mexico. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Zemannite Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:0.8119

Cell Dimensions:

a = 9.41, c = 7.64, Z = 2; V = 585.87 Den(Calc)= 4.20

Crystal System:

Hexagonal - Dipyramidal H-M Symbol (6/m) Space Group: P 6₃/m

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

By Intensity(I/I_o): 8.15(1), 2.778(0.9), 4.07(0.8),

Physical Properties of Zemannite

Cleavage:

None

Color:

Light brown, Dark brown.

Density:

4.05

Habit:

Acicular - Occurs as needle-like crystals.

Habit:

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

Habit:

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

Luster:

Vitreous - Adamantine

Optical Properties of Zemannite

Dichroism (e):

reddish brown.

Dichroism (w):

yellowish brown.

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.018 (Superior) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.053 (Good) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.2119,KPDmeas= 0.2198,KC= 0.2237
Ncalc = 1.91 - 1.94

Optical Data:

Uniaxial (+), w=1.85, e=1.93, bire=0.0800.

Calculated Properties of Zemannite

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.66 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Zemannite =4.05 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.04
Boson Index = 0.96

Photoelectric:

PE_Zemannite= 182.48 barns/electron
U=PE_Zemannite x rElectron Density= 668.00 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Zemannite is Not Radioactive

Zemannite Classification

Dana Class:

34.03.02.01 (34)Selenites - Tellurites - Sulfites

(34.03)Dana Type

(34.03.02)Zemannite Group

34.03.02.01 Zemannite Mg0.5[ZnFe(TeO3)3]•4.5(H2O) P 6₃/m 6/m

34.03.02.02 Kinichilite Mg0.5[MnFe(TeO3)3]•4.5(H2O) P 6₃/m 6/m

34.03.02.03 Keystoneite Mg0.5[NiFe(TeO3)3]•4.5(H2O) P 6₃/m 6/m

Strunz Class:

04.JM.05 04 - OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodate

04.J - Arsenites, Antimonites, Bismuthites, Sulfites,

04.JM -Tellurites without additional anions, with H2O

04.JM.05 Keystoneite Mg0.5[NiFe(TeO3)3]•4.5(H2O) P 6₃/m 6/m

04.JM.05 Kinichilite Mg0.5[MnFe(TeO3)3]•4.5(H2O) P 6₃/m 6/m

04.JM.05 Zemannite Mg0.5[ZnFe(TeO3)3]•4.5(H2O) P 6₃/m 6/m

Other Zemannite Information

References:

NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Dana8)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Zemannite :
1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
2 - Athena
3 - EUROmin Project
4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris
5 - GeoScienceWorld
6 - Google Images
7 - Google Scholar
8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm)
9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
10 - MinDAT
11 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
12 - Online Mineral Museum
13 - QUT Mineral Atlas
14 - Ruff.Info

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Zemannite

Mg0.5[Zn++Fe+++(TeO3)3]•4.5(H2O)
Dana No: 34.03.02.01 Strunz No: 04.JM.05
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