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Wurtzite-8H

Collectors Summary

Crystal System hexagonal, P63mc

Chemism

Chemical formula

ZnS

Chemical composition

Zink, Schwefel

Unit weight: 97.4749 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 2

Info

Empirical formula:

ZnS

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Sulfur

S

32.90

1

50.00

32.0655000

32.0655000
Zinc

Zn

67.10

1

50.00

65.4094000

65.4094000

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

2.CB.45

2: Sulfide und Sulfosalze (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide, Sulfoarsenide, Sulfoantimonide, Sulfobismuthide)
C: Metallsulfide, M : S = 1 : 1 (und ähnliche)
B: mit Zink (Zn), Eisen (Fe), Kupfer (Cu), Silber (Ag), usw.
45:Wurtzit-Gruppe

Classification by Hölzel

2.CB.605

2: SULFIDES
C: Sulfides (etc) with Me/S=1/1
B: With Zn,Cu (etc), Coordination Number ~[4] Framework of Cornersharing Tetrahedra: Sphalerite-Germanite-Family
6: Wurtzite-Cubanite Family Wurtzite-Group

Mineral status

Polytype

Variety / polytype of

Wurtzite

Crystallography

Crystal System

hexagonal

Class (H-M)

6mmm

Space Group number

186

Space Group

P63mc

Cell parameters b (Å)

-

Cell parameters c/b

-

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

120°

Z

8

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

3.206(5), 3.129(10), 3.082(6), 1.998(2), 1.916(9), 1.876(3), 1.766(1), 1.634(9)
XRD chart Wurtzite-8H

Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Crystal Structure 3D

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(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Kanada/Québec, Provinz/Montérégie, Region/La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM/Mont Saint-Hilaire/Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry; Uni-Mix Quarry; Desourdy Quarry)

References

Canadian Mineralogist 36 (1998), 775

Other languages

German

Wurtzit-8H

English

Wurtzite-8H

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) diqg-G9woEWF6XOmNH6aHg
GUID (Global unique identifier) F8A02A76-706F-45A0-85E9-73A6347E9A1E
Database ID 7160