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    Color: Colorless, White. Luster: Vitreous. Dispersion: R V,: Zincroselite

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    Zincroselite

    Crystal Data: Monoclinic. Point Group: 21m. Crystals lathlike, elongated and
    striated along [001], with minor {hkO} and {hkl} forms, to 2 cm, in subparallel aggregates.
    Twinning: Common on {100}.

    Physical Properties: Cleavage: {0l0}, good to perfect; {001}, traces. Tenacity: Brittle.
    Hardness = ,3 D(meas.)
    = 3.75 D(calc.) = 3.77
    Optical Properties: Transparent to translucent. Color: Colorless, white. Luster: Vitreous.
    Optical Class: Biaxial (+). Orientation: Y = b; X 1\ c = 0°-5°. Dispersion: r«v, strong.
    £}= 1.703(3) (3 = 1.710(4) 1=1.720(3) 2V(meas.) = 50° 2V(calc.) = 57°

    Cell Data: Space Group: P2dc. a = 5.832(2) b = 12.889(4) c = 5.644(2)


    (3 = 107.72(3)° Z = 2

    X-ray Powder Pattern: Tsumeb, Namibia.


    3.00 (10), 3.22 (8), 2.78 (8), 5.10 (6), 6.44 (5), 3.40 (5), 3.36 (5)

    Chemistry: (1) (2)


    As20S 49.3 50.03
    FeO 0.2
    MnO 0.9
    ZnO 15.9 17.72
    MgO 0.4
    CaO 25.0 24.41
    H2O 7.7 7.84
    Total 99.4 100.00
    (1) Tsumeb, Namibia; by electron microprobe, total Fe as FeO, total Mn as MnO, H20
    by LOI; corresponds to C~.o6(Zno.90Mno.o6Mgo.osFeo.ol)E=1.02(As04)1.98 81.97H20.
    (2) C~Zn(As04)2 82H20.

    Polymorphism & Series: Dimorphous with gaitite.

    Mineral Group: Roselite group.

    Occurrence: A rare secondary mineral in an oxidized zone of a dolostone-hosted hydrothermal


    polymetallic ore deposit.

    Association: Tsumcorite, stranskiite, leiteite, quartz, tennantite.

    Distribution: From Tsumeb, Namibia.

    Name: For its content of zinc and relation to roselite.

    Type Material: University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, NMI6; National Museum of


    Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 163340.

    References: (1) Keller, P., J. Innes, and P.J. Dunn (1986) Zincroselite, C~Zn(As04h82H20,
    a new mineral from Tsumeb, Namibia. Neues Jahrb. Mineral., Monatsh., 523-527. (2) (1988)
    Amer. Mineral., 73, 932 (abs. ref. 1).

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