Zincite Composition, Crystallization & Structure


Occurrence. Found in the zinc deposits at Franklin Furnace, New Jersey, associated with franklinite and will mite, often in an intimate mixture. Sometimes embedded in pink calcite. Reported in small amounts from various other localities.

Use. An ore of zinc, particularly used for the production of zinc white (zinc oxide).

In this division also belong water, ice, H2O, which is hexagonal in crystallization, and tenorite or melaconite, CuO.