Hydrozincite with Platnerite
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Hydrozincite with Platnerite
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- Availability
- Sold
- Size
- 5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm - Miniature
- Formula
- Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 (RRUFF)
- Locality
- Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
- Tagged
- carbonate
White to colorless tiny bladed crystals. Nice, well-trimmed specimen originally from Trinity Minerals and purchased by Jim Robison. The backside is loaded with Plattnerite and Hemimorphite. The Plattnerite can be seen in the photos as tiny, acicular crystals on Hemimorphite.
Hydrozincite
- Formula
- Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
- Crystal System
- Monoclinic
- Crystal Habit
- Bladed, Stalactitic, Massive - Fibrous
- Cleavage
- Perfect, None, None
- Luster
- Pearly
- Color
- white, yellowish white, grayish white, pinkish white, bluish white
- Streak
- white
- Class
- Monoclinic - Prismatic
- Fracture
- Brittle
- Hardness
- 2-2.5
Data courtesy of Webmineral.
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