Hydrozincite

Hydrozincite

Hydrozincite

Add article description

"Marionite" redirects here. For the religious group, see Maronite. For people called Marionites, see Marion (disambiguation) § places.

Hydrozincite, also known as zinc bloom or marionite, is a white carbonate mineral consisting of Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6. It is usually found in massive rather than crystalline form.

Quick Facts General, Category ...

It occurs as an oxidation product of zinc ores and as post mine incrustations. It occurs associated with smithsonite, hemimorphite, willemite, cerussite, aurichalcite, calcite and limonite.[2]

It was first described in 1853 for an occurrence in Bad Bleiberg, Carinthia, Austria and named for its chemical content.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.
  2. [2]
    Handbook of Mineralogy
  3. [3]
    Mindat
  4. [4]
    Webmineral data


This article about a specific carbonate mineral is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Hydrozincite, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.