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Zemannite

Year of discovery: 1968 (Moctezuma mine (Bambolla mine), Mexico), 1996 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of zemannite

• Mg(ZnFe)₂(TeO₃)₆,9H₂O
• [Mg²⁺][Zn²⁺₂][Fe³⁺₂][(TeO₃)₆]^12-,9H₂O

• Class: Zemannite group
• Class: Tellurite - Hydrate

• Mg_0.5Fe³⁺ => NaHFe²⁺: Kinichilite

• Zn => Ni: Keystoneite

• Color: Pale brown, Dark brown
• Luster: Adamantine
• Diaphaneity: Transparnt-Translucent

• Cleavage: No
• Density: 4.1

• System: Hexagonal
• Group: 6/m, P6₃/m
• Lattice: a=9.4, c=7.6