Mineral Specimen Images (Z)

Zhangpeishanite: BaFCl

Comments: Inclusion of zhangpeishanite in massive fluorite.
Location: Bayan Obo, Inner Mongolia, China. Scale: See Image.
© Eur. J. Mineral

Zhonghuacerite-(Ce): Ba2Ce(CO3)3F  
Huanghoite-(Ce): BaCe(CO3)2F

Comments: Brown grains of zhonghuacerite-(Ce) in matrix. This type material may be Huanghoite-(Ce).
Location: Bayan Obo iron mine, Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China. Scale: Not Given.
© Diederik Visser

Zinalsite: Zn2AlSi2O5(OH)4·2(H2O) (?)  
Fraipontite: (Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4  
Smithsonite: ZnCO3

Comments: Pearly white, sub-mm fraipontite (zinalsite) crystals associated with green smithsonite.
Location: Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion District, Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture, Greece. Scale: Specimen Size 1.4 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm.
© Rob Lavinsky

Zinc: Zn

Comments: Dull light gray zinc grain.
Location: Kazakhstan. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Zincalstibite: Zn2AlSb(OH)12

Comments: SEM image of two trianglular prizms of zincalstibite among small sticks of amorphous material.
Location: Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy. Scale: See Image.
© American Mineralogist

Zincaluminite: Zn6Al6(SO4)2(OH)26·5(H2O)

Comments: Bright white to pastel blue botryoidal zincaluminite with cuprian-adamite.
Location: Kamariza Mine, Laurium, Attiki, Greece. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Zincgartrellite: Pb(Zn,Fe,Cu)2(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)2

Comments: Small yellow-green zincgartrellite crystals on chalcocite.
Location: Tsumeb, Namibia. Scale: Specimen Size 3x7 mm.
© Diederik Visser

Zincite: (Zn,Mn)O

Comments: Orange Zincite hexagonal pyramid.
Location: Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Zincite: (Zn,Mn)O  
Glaucochroite: CaMnSiO4  
Willemite: Zn2SiO4

Comments: Pinkish gray crystalline glaucochroite intermixed with pale green willemite, with dark red zincite and white calcite.
Location: Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Zincmelanterite: (Zn,Cu,Fe++)SO4·7(H2O)

Comments: White, powdery zincmelanterite.
Location: Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. Scale: Picture Size 4 mm.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Zincobotryogen: (Zn,Mg,Mn)Fe+++(SO4)2(OH)·7(H2O)

Comments: Translucent bright yellow crystalline zincobotryogen.
Location: Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Zincochromite: ZnCr2O4  
Roscoelite: K(V,Al,Mg)2AlSi3O10(OH)2

Comments: Roscoelite segregation filled with rich impregnation zincochromite microcrystals (up to 60 vol.%). Metallic-white grains of clausthalite are visible. Inset polished section image shows crystals of zincochromite in chromceladonite matrix.
Location: Srednyaya Padma U-V deposit, Zaonezhie peninsula, Lake Onega, Karelia Republic, Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Specimen size is 6x4x4 cm.
© Pavel M. Kartashov

Zincocopiapite: ZnFe+++4(SO4)6(OH)2·18(H2O)

Comments: Pale yellow zincocopiapite coating on quartz.
Location: Les Valettes, Valais, Switzerland. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Zincohogbomite-2N2S: (Zn,Fe++)(2-2x)(Ti)xAl4O8  
Corundum: Al2O3

Comments: Thin-Section (Plane Polarized Light) of a brown, twinned zincohögbomite-2N2S crystal with blue corundum.
Location: Mikro-Lakka Emery deposit, Kerketeas Mt, Sámos Island, Aegean Islands Department, Greece. Scale: Picture size 1.1 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Zincolibethenite: CuZn(PO4)OH

Comments: Pale greenish-blue botryoidal zincolibethenite groups, associated with colorless tarbuttite.
Location: Kabwe mine, Kabwe, Zambia. Scale: See Image.
© Rruff Database

Zincolivenite: CuZn(AsO4)(OH)

Comments: B&W image of prismatic, triangular zincolivenite crystal aggregate.
Location: Kamariza dump, Lavrion, Attikí Prefecture, Greece. Scale: Not Given.
© Doklady Earth Sciences

Zincolivenite: CuZn(AsO4)(OH)

Comments: Green crystals of zincolivenite (Co-adamite) associated with keyite, and schultenite.
Location: Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Otavi District, Oshikoto, Namibia. Scale: See Image.
© Rruff Database

Zincospiroffite: Zn2Te3O8

Comments: Polished section showing zincospiroffite (x) intergrown with native gold (Ng) as the oxidation products of calaverite (Cv) + sphalerite (Sph) ± pyrite. (CanMin, v 42, p 765).
Location: Quartz ore of the Zhongshangou gold deposit, Chongli County, Hebei Province, China. Scale: Field of view 2 mm.
© Canadian Mineralogist

Zincostaurolite: [ ]4Zn4Al16(Al,[ ])2Si8O40[O6,(OH)2]

Comments: BSE image of zincostaurolite (St) grain replaced by Na-Ca-Li mica (Mi), gahnite Gah), Fe-Mn hydroxide (small rounded bright grains) and diaspore (darkest grains in upper left corner). Matrix consists of calcite (Cal).
Location: Diaspore-bearing metabauxite from East Samos, Agean Sea, Greece. (AmMin v88:789). Scale: See Image.
© American Mineralogist

Zincowoodwardite: [Zn1-xAlx(OH)2][(SO4)x/2(H2O)n]  
Zaccagnaite: Zn4Al2(OH)12(CO3)·3(H2O)

Comments: White to pale bluish zaccagnaite intimately intergrown with zincowoodwardite.
Location: Hilarion Mine, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District, Attikí Prefecture, Greece. Scale: Picture size 4 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag