Zinc Mineral Data

General Zinc Information

Chemical Formula:

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 65.39 gm

Zinc 100.00 % Zn

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100.00 %

Empirical Formula:

Environment:

Oxidized sphalerite, as volcanic exhalations, and in platinum concentrates.

IMA Status:

Valid Species (Pre-IMA) Prehistoric

Locality:

Elsa mine, Keno Hill-Galena Hill area, Yukon Territory, Canada. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

From the German, "zink."

Name Pronunciation:

Zinc

Synonym:

ICSD 64990

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Zinc Image

Images:

Zinc

Comments: Dull light gray zinc grain.
Location: Kazakhstan. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Zinc Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:1.856

Cell Dimensions:

a = 2.6591, c = 4.9353, Z = 2; V = 30.22 Den(Calc)= 7.19

Crystal System:

Hexagonal - Dihexagonal DipyramidalH-M Symbol (6/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: P 6₃/mmc

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By Intensity(I/I_o): 2.091(1), 2.473(0.53), 2.308(0.4),

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Wyckoff R W G , Crystal Structures , 1 (1963) p.7-83, Second edition. Interscience Publishers, New York, New York, Hexagonal closest packed, hcp, structure

Physical Properties of Zinc

Cleavage:

{0001} Perfect

Color:

Blue gray.

Density:

6.9 - 7.2, Average = 7.05

Diaphaneity:

Opaque

Fracture:

Brittle - Generally displayed by glasses and most non-metallic minerals.

Habit:

Irregular Grains - Occurs as splotchy, anhedral crystals forming inclusions in other minerals or rocks.

Habit:

Platy - Sheet forms (e.g. micas).

Hardness:

2 - Gypsum

Luster:

Metallic

Streak:

light gray

Calculated Properties of Zinc

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=6.60 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Zinc =7.19 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.04
Boson Index = 0.96

Photoelectric:

PE_Zinc= 51.95 barns/electron
U=PE_Zinc x rElectron Density= 342.72 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

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

Zinc Classification

Dana Class:

01.01.05.01 (01)Native Elements

(01.01)with metallic elements other than the platinum group

(01.01.05)Dana Group

01.01.05.01 Zinc Zn P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

01.01.05.02 Cadmium Cd P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

Strunz Class:

01.AB.05 01 - ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides)

01.A - Metals and Intermetallic Alloys

01.AB -Zinc-brass family (Cu-Zn alloys)

01.AB.05 Cadmium Cd P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

01.AB.05 Rhenium* Re P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

01.AB.05 Zinc Zn P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

01.AB.05 Titanium* Ti P 6₃/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m

Other Zinc Information

References:

NAME( AntBidBlaNic1) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990)

See Also:

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

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Dana No: 01.01.05.01 Strunz No: 01.AB.05
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