Info: Pyramidal shaped crystals of zincite are very rare. Most commonly zincite is found as grains or whole masses of orange red to bloody colour. Often is found near fenakite and willemite.
How to recognize: The typical colour of zincite is almost every time a sure way to recognize it. Almost every crystal is found bind with willemite, which under UV light flourescents.
Found: Famous, but today depleted deposit of zincite was found in Franklin and Sterling Hill in New Jersey (USA).
| Crystal structure |
| Six-sided |
| Hardness |
| 4,5 - 5 |
| Colour |
| Orange red, red |
| Shine |
| From oily to diamond |
