Everything about Zincite totally explained
Zincite is the
mineral form of
zinc oxide (
ZnO). In nature its
crystal form is rare, with the exception of
Franklin, New Jersey, an area also known for its
fluorescent minerals. It has a
hexagonal crystal structure and color that depends on impurities. The zincite found in Franklin, New Jersey is red-colored (mostly due to
iron and
manganese) and associated with
willemite and
franklinite.
Zincite crystals can be grown artificially and synthetic zincite crystals are available as a by-product of zinc smelting. Synthetic crystals can be colorless or range in color from dark red, orange, yellow to light green.
Both natural and synthetic zincite crystals are significant for their early use as semiconductor
crystal detectors in the early development of
crystal radios before the advent of vacuum tubes. As an early radio detector it was used in a junction with another mineral,
chalcopyrite, and the combination was known as the
Perikon detector.
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