General Information: Chemical Formula:Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·(H2O)
Composition:(Molecular Weight = 481.76 gm)
Zinc 54.29 %
ZnSilicon 11.66 %
SiHydrogen 0.84 %
H Oxygen 33.21 %
O Empirical Formula: Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·(H2O)
Environment:Veins and beds in stratified calcareous rocks.
Locality:Nerchinak in Transbaikalia, Siberia.
Name Origin:Named after the hemimorphic nature of the crystals.
Physical Properties: Cleavage:[110] Perfect
Color:brown, colorless, greenish gray, yellow brown, or white.
Density:3.4 - 3.5, Average = 3.45
Diaphaniety:Transparent to translucent
Habits:Massive - Uniformly indistinguishable crystals forming large masses., Stalactitic - Shaped like pendant columns as stalactites or stalagmites (e.g. calcite)., Mammillary - Larger "bre ast-like" rounded forms resembling botry
Hardness:5 - Apatite
Luminescence:None.
Luster:Vitreous (Glassy)
Streak:white
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