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Hydrozincite

#PD36880

Hydrozincite

#PD36880
Availability
Sold
Size
7.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm - Sm Cabinet 
Formula
Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 (RRUFF)
Locality
Kabwe mine, Broken Hill, Kabwe dist., Central Province, Zambia
Tagged
carbonate

A solid snow white mass of Hydrozincite with botyroidal habit. See handwritten tag or note with this specimen in the prov. tab. Burminco 1952: collection of Mitchell Gunnell.

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.

Collection
Phillips Collection

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