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: Zn5.00(CO3)2(OH)6
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050635.9
Sample Description: Powder, cell parameters are 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)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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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]

Larsen E S (1921) The microscopic determination of the nonopaque minerals, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, 671, 5-294   [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

Sanna R, De Giudici G, Scorciapino A M, Floris C, Casu M (2013) Investigation of the hydrozincite structure by infrared and solid-state NMR spectroscopy, American Mineralogist, 98, 1219-1226