| Name: | Zinc Zn |
| IMA Chemistry: | Zn |
| Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Zinc contains elements: Zinc (Zn) |
| Country of Type Locality: | Chile |
| Year First Published: | 0 |
| IMA Status: | Approved,Grandfathered |
| Status Notes: | Mineral name has been known since antiquity and predates any formal descriptive publication. First reported as a native element in: Becker L (1857) Native zinc embedded in basalt. Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria 1, 156-158 |
| Structural Group Name: | |
| Fleischer's Group Name: | zinc |
| Crystal Systems: | hexagonal |
| Oldest Known Age: | 541 Million Years Ago |
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