HEMIMORPHITE
hydorous zinc silicate
Zn4Si2 O7(OH)%2 - H2O
Hardness 41/2 - 5 which means it's brittle
This sample shows the transparent white or milky color of the crystals. Hemimorphite colorcan very from white, yellowish bluish, brownish and from clear to dull with streaks.
Hemimorphites develops under relatively
low temperature conditions. Masses of hemimorphite have been found
in North America in both New Jersey and Mexico.
It's name is formed from two Greek
words. The first is the prefix hemi-, which means "half,
the second, is the word morph which alludes to the crystal's "form".
Notice that the hemimorphite crystal presents differently at each
end in a blade like shape.
