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Zincite

• ZnO
• (Zn,Mn,Fe)O
• [Zn²⁺][O]^2-

• Class: Oxide
• Soluble in: HCl
• Fluorescence: UV excitation (Yellow-Green)

• Zn => Be: Bromellite
• Zn => Ni: Bunsenite
• Zn => Mn: Manganosite
• Zn => Mg: Periclase
• Zn => Cd: Monteponite
• Zn => Ca: Lime
• Zn => Fe: Wüstite (Wustite)
• Zn => Cu: Tenorite

• Color: Dark red, Yellow, White
• Streak: Orange
• Luster: Sub-Adamantine
• Diaphaneity: Transparent-Translucent

• Habit: Hexagonal prismatic, Pyramidal

• Cleavage: Perfect on {1010} (3 planes), Parting on {0001} (1 plane)
• Hardness: 4
• Density: 5.7

• System: Hexagonal
• Group: 6mm, P6₃mc
• Lattice: a=3.2, c=5.2