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Zinkaluminit

Rundliche Aggregate weißlich grüner, perlmuttartig glänzender blättriger Kriställchen bis etwa 0,5 mm Größe, mit grünblauem Serpierit und etwas Azurit auf Limonit; Bildbreite: 12 mm; Fundort: Hilar...

Peter Haas

Contribution: Mineralienatlas 2005-04-17

Locality: Hilarion Mine (Hilarion-Stollen, Mine Nr. 50) / Kamariza / Lavrion (Laurion), Bergbaudistrikt / Attika (Attikí, Attica) / Griechenland

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Zinkaluminit

Bildbreite: 3 mm; Fundort: Genna Zinkhütte, Iserlohn-Letmathe, Sauerland, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

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derhesse

Contribution: derhesse 2016-01-27

Locality: Genna Zinkhütte / Letmathe / Iserlohn / Märkischer Kreis / Arnsberg, Bezirk / Nordrhein-Westfalen / Deutschland

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Zinkaluminit

BB 6,5mm mit Serpierit -Nordrhein-Westfalen/Arnsberg, Bezirk/Märkischer Kreis/Iserlohn/Letmathe/Genna Zinkhütte

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Hannes Osterhammer

Contribution: anatase2 2018-09-16

Locality: Genna Zinkhütte / Letmathe / Iserlohn / Märkischer Kreis / Arnsberg, Bezirk / Nordrhein-Westfalen / Deutschland

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Zinkaluminit

Zinkaluminit; Hilarion-Stollen Lavrion; Foto: Fritz Schreiber

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Fritz Schreiber

Contribution: Stefan 2007-02-17

Locality: Hilarion Mine (Hilarion-Stollen, Mine Nr. 50) / Kamariza / Lavrion (Laurion), Bergbaudistrikt / Attika (Attikí, Attica) / Griechenland

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Serpierit an Zinkaluminit

Serpierit färbte in Genna große Flächen der Zinkaschenhalde Deutschland/Nordrhein-Westfalen/Sauerland/Iserlohn

der Sauerländer

Contribution: der Sauerländer 2007-04-25

Locality: Iserlohn / Märkischer Kreis / Arnsberg, Bezirk / Nordrhein-Westfalen / Deutschland

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Zinkaluminit

Fundort: Serpieri Mine Nr. 5, Kamariza, Lavrion, Griechenland

Fritz Schreiber

Contribution: Hg 2007-05-09

Locality: Serpieri Mine / Kamariza / Lavrion (Laurion), Bergbaudistrikt / Attika (Attikí, Attica) / Griechenland

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Collectors Summary

Color

bläulichweiß, weiß, hellblau

Streak color

weiß

Hardness (Mohs)

2.75

Solubility

+++ Säuren, Alkalien

Chemism

Chemical formula

Zn₆Al₆(SO₄)₂(OH)₂₆·5H₂O

Chemical composition

Aluminium, Zink, Sauerstoff, Schwefel, Wasserstoff

Unit weight: 1278.7404912 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 89

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Empirical formula:

Zn₆Al₆(SO₄)₂(OH)₂₆·5H₂O

Element	Symbol	Weight%	Atoms	Atoms%	Atom weight (u)	Sum weight (u)
Hydrogen	H	2.84	36	40.45	1.0079470	36.2860920
Oxygen	O	48.80	39	43.82	15.9994300	623.9777700
Aluminium	Al	12.66	6	6.74	26.9815382	161.8892292
Sulfur	S	5.02	2	2.25	32.0655000	64.1310000
Zinc	Zn	30.69	6	6.74	65.4094000	392.4564000

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Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

7.DD.35

7: Sulfate (Selenate, Tellurate, Chromate, Molybdate, Wolframate)
D: Sulfate (Selenate, etc.) mit weitere Anionen, mit H₂O
D: mit mittelgroßen Kationen; Lagen von kantenverknüpften Oktaedern
35:Woodwardit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VI/D.08-100

VI: SULFATE, CHROMATE, MOLYBDATE UND WOLFRAMATE
D: Wasserhaltige Sulfate, mit fremden Anionen
8: Mittelgroße Kationen

Classification by Hölzel

7.DD.430

7: SULFATES CHROMATES MOLYBDATES WOLFRAMATES
D: Sulfates (+Anions +Water)
D: Sulfate-Hydrotalcites

IMA status

Status fragwürdig

IMA Classification

Hydrotalcite Supergroup ⇒ Glaucocerinite Group

Optical Properties

Color	bläulichweiß, weiß, hellblau
Streak color	weiß
max. Birefringence	0.020
	$Birefringence chart\! Zincaluminite title=Birefringence chart Zincaluminite$ Michel-Levy Color Chart viewed according to the maximum birefringence (at 30μm). Mineral color is not taken into account. Click on the image to enlarge or change thickness.
RI value α / ω / n	1.534
RI value γ / ε	1.514
Ri mean	1.527
2V angle	Uniaxial (-)

Crystallography

Cell parameters α	90°
Cell parameters β	90°
Cell parameters γ	120°

Crystals 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)	2.75
Density (g/cm³)	2.26
Instability	+++ Säuren, Alkalien

(Co-)Type locality

Griechenland /Attika (Attikí, Attica)/Lavrion (Laurion), Bergbaudistrikt /Kamariza /Hilarion Mine (Hilarion-Stollen, Mine Nr. 50)

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Bertrand & Damour, 1881

References

Handbook of Mineralogy (Anthony et al.), 5 (2003), 781

IMA group assignments

Related minerals "Strunz Classification" (9. Edition) [Mineral | Chemical formula | Crystal system : Class (H-M) : Space Group | Indenture number]

Shigaite	NaMn₆²⁺Al₃[(OH)₁₈\|(SO₄)₂]·12H₂O trigonal : 3 : R3	7.DD.35
Honessite	(Ni_1-xFe³⁺_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O {x<0.5}{n<3x/2} hexagonal	7.DD.35
Carrboydite	(Ni,Al)₉(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₈·10H₂O hexagonal	7.DD.35
Wermlandite	(Ca,Mg)Mg₇(Al,Fe³⁺)₂(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₈·12H₂O trigonal : 3m : P3c1	7.DD.35
Woodwardite	(Cu_0.75Al_0.25)(SO₄)_0.125(OH)₂·0.3H₂O hexagonal	7.DD.35
Motukoreaite	Mg₆Al₃(OH)₁₈[Na(H₂O)₆](SO₄)₂·6H₂O trigonal : 3m : R3m	7.DD.35
Nikischerite	NaFe₆²⁺Al₃[(OH)₁₈\|(SO₄)₂]·12H₂O trigonal : 3 : R3	7.DD.35
Mountkeithite	(Mg,Ni)₁₁(Fe³⁺,Cr,Al)₃(OH)₂₄(SO₄,CO₃)_3.5·11H₂O hexagonal	7.DD.35
'Zincaluminite'	Zn₆Al₆(SO₄)₂(OH)₂₆·5H₂O	7.DD.35
Glaucocerinite	(Zn_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O {x<0.5}{n>3x/2} hexagonal	7.DD.35
Hydrohonessite	(Ni_1-x Fe³⁺_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O {x < 0.5} {n > 3x/2} hexagonal	7.DD.35
Hydrowoodwardite	(Cu_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O {x<0.5}{n>3x/2} trigonal : 3m : R3m	7.DD.35
'Zincowoodwardite'		7.DD.35
'Natroglaucocerinite'	NaZn₅Al₃[(OH)₁₆\|(SO₄)₂]·6H₂O trigonal : 3 : P3	7.DD.35
Zincowoodwardit-1R	[Zn_1-xAl_x(OH)₂][(SO₄)_x/2·nH₂O] _{{x = 0.32-0.50}}	7.DD.35
'Zincowoodwardite-3R'	[Zn_1-xAl_x(OH)₂][(SO₄)_x/2·nH₂O {x=0.32-0.50} trigonal : 3 : R3	7.DD.35

Related minerals "Lapis Classification" [Mineral | Chemical formula | Crystal system : Class (H-M) : Space Group | Indenture number]

Bechererite	Zn₇Cu[(OH)₁₃\|SiO(OH)₃\|SO₄] trigonal : 3, 3 : P3, P3	VI/D.08-005
Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O trigonal : 3m : P31c	VI/D.08-010
Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·2H₂O monoklin : 2/m : C2/m	VI/D.08-020
Carbonatecyanotrichite	Cu₄²⁺Al₂(CO₃,SO₄)(OH)₁₂·2H₂O	VI/D.08-030
Camérolaite	Cu₄Al₂[HSbO₄,SO₄]OH₁₀(CO₃)·2H₂O monoklin : 2, 2/m : P2₁, P2₁/m	VI/D.08-035
Woodwardite	(Cu_0.75Al_0.25)(SO₄)_0.125(OH)₂·0.3H₂O hexagonal	VI/D.08-040
Hydrowoodwardite	(Cu_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O {x<0.5}{n>3x/2} trigonal : 3m : R3m	VI/D.08-042
'Zincowoodwardite'		VI/D.08-045
Chalcoalumite	CuAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O monoklin : 2 : P2₁	VI/D.08-050
Kyrgyzstanite	ZnAl₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	VI/D.08-055
'Nickelalumite'	(Ni,Cu)Al₄[(SO₄),(NO₃)₂](OH)₁₂·3H₂O monoklin : 2/m : P2₁/n	VI/D.08-060
Mbobomkulite	(Ni,Cu)Al₄[(NO₃)₂,(SO₄)](OH)₁₂·3H₂O monoklin	VI/D.08-070
Hydrombobomkulite	(Ni,Cu)Al₄[(NO₃)₂,(SO₄)](OH)₁₂·13-14H₂O monoklin	VI/D.08-080
Carrboydite	(Ni,Al)₉(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₈·10H₂O hexagonal	VI/D.08-090
'Zincaluminite'	Zn₆Al₆(SO₄)₂(OH)₂₆·5H₂O	VI/D.08-100
Glaucocerinite	(Zn_1-xAl_x)(SO₄)_x/2(OH)₂·nH₂O {x<0.5}{n>3x/2} hexagonal	VI/D.08-110

Related minerals "Hoelzel Classification" [Mineral | Chemical formula : Crystal system : Class (H-M) | Space Group | Indenture number]

'Zincaluminite'	Zn₆Al₆(SO₄)₂(OH)₂₆·5H₂O	7.DD.430
Hauckite	(Mg,Mn²⁺)₂₄Zn₁₈Fe₃³⁺(SO₄)₄(CO₃)₂(OH)₈₁ hexagonal	7.DD.460

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Spanish	Cincaluminita
English	Zincaluminite
French	Zincaluminite
German	Zinkaluminit

Alternative Name

	Zincaluminit
	Zincaluminita

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