Hydrozincite - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Hydrozincite R050635

Name: Hydrozincite
RRUFF ID: R050635
Ideal Chemistry: Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆
Locality: Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 13438 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Sample is coated with colorless thin bladed crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050635.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Zn_5.00(CO₃)₂(OH)₆

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 785nm @ 100% of 500 mW

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	Raman Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File
	Raman Data (RAW)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050635.9

Sample Description:

Powder, cell parameters from single crystal

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 13.54(1)Å b: 6.287(6)Å c: 5.382(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 95.74(5)° gamma: 90° Volume: 456.0(4) Crystal System: monoclinic

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Hydrozincite
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]
Kenngott A (1853) Hydrozinkit, in Das Mohs’sche Mineralsystem Verlag und Druck Wien 26-27 [view file]
Ghose S (1964) The crystal structure of hydrozincite, Zn₅(OH)₆(CO₃)₂, Acta Crystallographica, 17, 1051-1057 [link]
Jambor J L (1964) Studies of basic copper and zinc carbonates: I—Synthetic zinc carbonates and their relationship to hydrozincite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 92-108 [view file]
Jambor J L, Pouliot G (1965) X–ray crystallography of aurichalcite and hydrozincite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 385-389 [view file]
Jambor J L (1966) Natural and synthetic hydrozincites, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 652-653 [view file]
Zabinski W (1966) The problem of stacking-order in natural hydrozincite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 649-652 [view file]
Frost R L, Hales M C, Wain D L (2008) Raman spectroscopy of smithsonite, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 39, 108-114

REFERENCES for Hydrozincite

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

Kenngott A (1853) Hydrozinkit, in Das Mohs’sche Mineralsystem Verlag und Druck Wien 26-27 [view file]

Ghose S (1964) The crystal structure of hydrozincite, Zn₅(OH)₆(CO₃)₂, Acta Crystallographica, 17, 1051-1057 [link]

Jambor J L (1964) Studies of basic copper and zinc carbonates: I—Synthetic zinc carbonates and their relationship to hydrozincite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 92-108 [view file]

Jambor J L, Pouliot G (1965) X–ray crystallography of aurichalcite and hydrozincite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 385-389 [view file]

Jambor J L (1966) Natural and synthetic hydrozincites, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 652-653 [view file]

Zabinski W (1966) The problem of stacking-order in natural hydrozincite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 8, 649-652 [view file]

Frost R L, Hales M C, Wain D L (2008) Raman spectroscopy of smithsonite, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 39, 108-114