Category Phosphate mineral Strunz classification 8.BB.90 Crystal system Tetragonal | Formula
(repeating unit) Zn(Fe)2(PO4)2(OH)2 Dana classification 41.10.02.02 | |
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Crystal class Trapezohedral (422)
H-M symbol: (4 2 2) | ||
Zinclipscombite is a dark green to brown zinc iron phosphate mineral with formula: Zn(Fe3+)2(PO4)2(OH)2. It occurs as fibrous spheres and exhibits tetragonal crystal structure.
In the classification of minerals zinclipscombite is in the lipscombite group, which also includes lipscombite.
Discovery
The mineral zinclipscombite was discovered and named by Chukanov, Pekov, Möckel, Zadov, and Dubinchuk from a sample from the Silver Coin mine, Edna Mountain, Valmy, Humboldt County, Nevada, United States. The new mineral name was approved in 2006 by the Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names, International Mineralogical Association.
References
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