Hemimorphite
VIII - Sorosilicates |
Name | Hemimorphite
(Zinc Silicate Calamine) |
|
Chemistry | Zn4[(OH)2|Si2O7]·H2O | |
Hardness | 5 | |
Lustre | vitreous | |
Colour | colourless, white, light green, brown, tranparent, translucent | |
Streak | white | |
Density [g/cm3] | 3.3 - 3.5 | |
Crystal habit | orthorhombic, crystals small, tabular, hemimorph | |
Cleavage, Fracture | [110] perfect, fracture conchoidal | |
other characteristics and occurrences | often in crusts, together with smithsonite (ZnCO3) (= galmei) | |