Abstract: A blue-green scaly coating on a slaty specimen from the Bastenberg mine, near Ramsbeck, Germany, yielded an X-ray powder pattern akin to schulenbergite. Chemically it is the zinc analogue of schulenbergite. Electron-probe data, XRF and ICP/OES analyses are presented which demonstrate two distinct zinc-rich compositions. Thermogravimetric analysis, together with CHN results, suggest the phase may contain 3–4 water molecules. Powder data are indexed on a hexagonal cell with a 8.293(2) Å, c 7.247(4) Å and cell volume 431.6(2) ų, with Z = 1.