Name/Title
ZinciteEntry/Object ID
2009.62.222Description
Description: Common Name: Zinite
Chemistry: ZnO, Zinc Oxide
Group: Oxides
Location: Smelter flues in Poland
DESCRIPTION: Tear drop shape with gold, yellow and red spiny crystals.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
Color is orange-yellow to deep red or brown.
Luster is adamantine.
Transparency crystals are commonly translucent more rarely transparent.
Crystal System is hexagonal; 6 m m
Crystal Habits include rarely well shaped, over all, hemimorphic pyramidal crystals sometimes with an hexagonal prism terminated by the basal face of a pedion on one side and the sharp point of the pyramid on the other. Usually found as rounded granular crystals; also massive in veins and lamellar.
Cleavage is good in three directions (prismatic).
Fracture is conchoidal.
Hardness is 4
Specific Gravity is 5.4 - 5.7 (slightly heavy even for metallic minerals)
Streak is orange-yellow.
Other Characteristics: There is a basal parting.
Associated Minerals include calcite, rhodonite, willemite, franklinite, tephorite, pyroxmangite and other rare Sterling Hill and Franklin, New Jersey minerals.
Best Field Indicators are luster, color, occurrence, associations, cleavage, parting and streak.Collection
RAGM Mineral CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2009.62Source or Donor
Museum Collection of MineralsAcquisition Method
DonationDimensions
Width
7 inDepth
2-1/2 inLength
9 inLocation
Category
PermanentMoved By
Wendy MondryDate
January 6, 2010Category
Permanent
