Vismirnovite
Vismirnovite is an IMA-recognized mineral species in the oxides & hydroxide class, with the chemical formula ZnSn(OH)₆.
It crystallizes in the cubic crystal system (space group Pn3). It is a member of the Perovskite structural group.
Key properties: Mohs hardness 3.9; specific gravity 4.073; Vitreous luster.
IMA symbol Vis, IMA status: approved, named in 1980.
produced through oxidation of earlier tin sulfides in tin deposits.
It is found associated with Stannite, natanite, malachite, azurite, goethite (Mushiston deposit, Tajikistan).
The mineral was named to honor Academician Vladimir Ivanovich Smirnov (1910–1988), Moscow University, Moscow, Russia, an early investigator of tin deposits in Central Asia.
Index entry. This entry combines official IMA/RRUFF species data with published physical-property data — a full written entry hasn’t been published yet.
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