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Also known as calamine

minerale

Key facts

Mineral.name
Hemimorphite
Mineral.category
Sorosilicates
Mineral.image
Hemimorphite - Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.jpg
Mineral.imagesize
260px
Mineral.formula
Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O
Mineral.IMAsymbol
Hmp
Mineral.strunz
9.BD.10
Mineral.system
Orthorhombic
Mineral.class
Pyramidal (mm2) H-M symbol: (mm2)
Mineral.symmetry
Imm2
Mineral.unit cell
a = 8.367(5), b = 10.73 c = 5.155(3) [Å]; Z = 2
Mineral.colour
White, grey, blue
Mineral.habit
Polar crystals, with different or hemimorphic ends. Also coxcomb masses, mammillary, stalactitic, or massive
Mineral.twinning
Rare on {001}
Mineral.cleavage
Perfect on {110}, poor on {101}, {001} rare
Mineral.fracture
Uneven to conchoidal
Mineral.tenacity
Brittle
Mineral.mohs
4.5–5

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of
cyclosilicates
Named after
half
Image
Hemimorphite - Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.jpg
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chemical formula
Zn₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂·H₂O
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
9.BD.10
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
9.BD.10
Commons category
Hemimorphite
type locality (geology)
Băița
streak color
white
IMA Mineral Symbol
Hmp
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
VIII/B.07
Sources (1)

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Article · Italiano

L'emimorfite è un minerale di zinco, della classe dei silicati, sottoclasse dei sorosilicati.

Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA

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