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Zincosite Mineral Data
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General Zincosite Information
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 Chemical Formula: |
ZnSO4 |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 161.45 gm |
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Zinc 40.50 % Zn 50.41 % ZnO |
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Sulfur 19.86 % S 49.59 % SO3 |
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Oxygen 39.64 % O |
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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 |
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Zinkosite - Renamed to zincosite |
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Zincosite Crystallography
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| Crystal System: |
Orthorhombic Space Group: Unk |
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Physical Properties of Zincosite
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| Color: |
White, Wine yellow. |
| Density: |
4.33 |
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Optical Properties of Zincosite
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| 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. |
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Calculated Properties of Zincosite
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| Electron Density: |
Bulk Density (Electron Density)=4.18 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Zincosite =4.33 gm/cc.
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| Fermion Index: |
Fermion Index = 0.01
Boson Index = 0.99 |
| Photoelectric: |
PEZincosite = 21.27 barns/electron
U=PEZincosite x rElectron Density= 89.00 barns/cc.
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| Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Zincosite is Not Radioactive |
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Zincosite Classification
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| Dana Class: |
28.00.00.00 (28)Sulfate Minerals |
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(28.00)Without Dana Classification Numbers |
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(28.00.00)Sulfate |
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28.00.00.00 Adranosite (NH4)4NaAl2(SO4)4Cl(OH)2 I 41/acd 4mm |
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28.00.00.00 Blakeite Fe2(TeO3)3 Cubic ? Cubic |
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28.00.00.00 IMA2008-029 (NH4)3Fe(SO4)3 R 3c 3m |
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28.00.00.00 IMA2008-040 BiMo2O7(OH)•2H2O P 21/m 2/m |
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28.00.00.00 Radiobarite* (Ba,Ra)SO4 2/m 2/m 2/m |
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28.00.00.00 Zincosite* ZnSO4 Unk Ortho |
| Strunz Class: |
07.AB.10 07 - SULFATES (SELENATES, TELLURATES) |
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07.A - Sulfates (selenates, etc.) without Additional Anions, without H2O |
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07.AB -With medium-sized cations |
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07.AB.10 Chalcocyanite CuSO4 Pmnb 2/m 2/m 2/m |
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07.AB.10 Zincosite* ZnSO4 Unk Ortho |
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Other Zincosite Information
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| 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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