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Zincospiroffite

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Zincospiroffite

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Description
Locality: 
North Star Mine, Mammoth, Tintic District, Juab County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.3 × 1.3 × 1 cm
Description

Pinkish zincospiroffite (often coloured by Mn impurities) on baryte matrix. Minor zemannite in green xls. 

Rare mineral. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zincospiroffite

Formula: 
Zn2Te4+3O8
Strunz: 
4.JK.10
Hardness: 
2.5 - 0.0
Colour: 
Grey
Type Locality: 
Zhongshangou Mine, Dongping Au-Te ore field, Chongli Co., Zhangjiakou Prefecture, Hebei Province, China
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Zincospiroffite