zhanghengite
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Zhanghengite is a mineral consisting of 80% copper and zinc, 10% iron, and 10% chromium and aluminium. Its color is golden yellow. It was discovered in 1986 during the analysis of the Bo Xian meteorite and is named after Zhang Heng, an ancient Chinese astronomer.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Zhanghengite
- Mineral.category
- Native element mineral
- Mineral.image
- Zhanghengite.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260
- Mineral.caption
- The rare intermetallide zhanghengite, CuZn, discovered in meteorites, become available now from an old Vietnamese collection. The mineral has nice light-yellow gold-like color and is well visible by unequipped eye.
- Mineral.formula
- CuZn
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Zhg
- Mineral.strunz
- 1.AB.10a
- Mineral.color
- Golden yellow
- Mineral.system
- Isometric
- Mineral.class
- Hexoctahedral (mm) H-M symbol: (4/m 2/m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- Imm
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 2.95 Å; Z = 1
- Mineral.cleavage
- None
- Mineral.mohs
- 3.5
- Mineral.luster
- Metallic
- Mineral.streak
- bronze
- Mineral.gravity
- 3.92
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Zhang Heng
- Image
- Zhanghengite.jpg
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 1.AB.10a
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 1.AB.10a
- chemical formula
- CuZn
- crystal system
- cubic crystal system
- Commons category
- Zhanghengite
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Zhg
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Zhanghengite is a mineral consisting of 80% copper and zinc, 10% iron, and 10% chromium and aluminium. Its color is golden yellow. It was discovered in 1986 during the analysis of the Bo Xian meteorite and is named after Zhang Heng, an ancient Chinese astronomer.
==See also== List of minerals named after people
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