Zincosite Mineral Data

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

______ ______

100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Zn(SO₄)

Environment:

Doubtful species not naturally present at the discovery locality.

IMA Status:

Not Approved IMA - Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1852

Locality:

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

Name Origin:

Named for the composition (Zn).

Synonym:

Almagrerite

Zinkosite - Renamed to zincosite

Zincosite Crystallography

Crystal System:

Orthorhombic Space 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
Ncalc = 1.72

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:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=4.18 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Zincosite =4.33 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.01
Boson Index = 0.99

Photoelectric:

PE_Zincosite= 21.27 barns/electron
U=PE_Zincosite x rElectron Density= 89.00 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

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

Zincosite Classification

Dana Class:

28.00.00.00 (28)Sulfate Minerals

(28.00)Without Dana Classification Numbers

(28.00.00)Sulfate

28.00.00.00 Adranosite (NH4)4NaAl2(SO4)4Cl(OH)2 I 4₁/acd 4mm

28.00.00.00 Blakeite Fe2(TeO3)3 Cubic ? Cubic

28.00.00.00 IMA2008-029 (NH4)3Fe(SO4)3 R 3c 3m

28.00.00.00 IMA2008-040 BiMo2O7(OH)•2H2O P 2₁/m 2/m

28.00.00.00 Radiobarite* (Ba,Ra)SO4 2/m 2/m 2/m

28.00.00.00 Zincosite* ZnSO4 Unk Ortho

Strunz Class:

07.AB.10 07 - SULFATES (SELENATES, TELLURATES)

07.A - Sulfates (selenates, etc.) without Additional Anions, without H2O

07.AB -With medium-sized cations

07.AB.10 Chalcocyanite CuSO4 Pmnb 2/m 2/m 2/m

07.AB.10 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 - GeoScienceWorld
5 - Google Images
6 - Google Scholar
7 - MinDAT
8 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
9 - Online Mineral Museum
10 - QUT Mineral Atlas
11 - Ruff.Info
12 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Zincosite

ZnSO4
Dana No: 28.00.00.00 Strunz No: 07.AB.10
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