Zincalstibite

Formula: Zn2AlSb(OH)12

Origin of name: Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names (CNMMN), after the chemical composition (Zn, Al, Sb)

 

Crystal system: Trigonal

Crystal class: 32

Twinning: 

Unit cell: a =5.327, c = 9.792

 

Colour: Colourless to milky white

Diaphaneity: Transparent

Luster: Vitreous

Habit: submillimetric prismatic crystals

Hardness

Specific gravity

Cleavage: 

Tenacity: 

Streak: 

 

Synonyms/varieties:

 

Comments: Found in a small cavity of a marble as the result of hydrothermal alteration of sulfides.

 

Back to Alphabetical list Colour photos Thin sections SEM images TEM images vibrational spectra description IR spectra Raman spectra N-IR spectra F-IR spectra IES spectra