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Herbertsmithite
Herbertsmithite from Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Tocopilla Province, Chile (size: 4.5 × 4.4 × 2.7 cm)
General
CategoryHalide mineral
Formula
(repeating unit)		ZnCu3(OH)6Cl2
IMA symbolHer
Strunz classification3.DA.10c
Crystal systemTrigonal
Crystal classHexagonal scalenohedral (3m)
H-M symbol: (3 2/m)
Space groupR3m
Unit cella = 6.834 Å
c = 14.075 Å; Z = 3
Identification
ColorLight green, blue-green
Crystal habitAggregates of rhombohedral crystals
CleavageGood on {1011}
TenacityBrittle
Mohs scale hardness3–3.5
LusterVitreous to adamantine
StreakLight green
DiaphaneityTransparent
Specific gravity3.75–3.95
Optical propertiesUniaxial (−)
Refractive indexnε 1.817, nω 1.825
Birefringence0.0080
References

Herbertsmithite is a rhombohedral green-coloured mineral with chemical formula ZnCu3(OH)6Cl2. It is named after the mineralogist Herbert Smith (1872–1953) and was first found in 1972 in Chile. It is polymorphous with kapellasite and closely related to paratacamite. Herbertsmithite has also been found near Anarak, Iran, hence its other name, anarakite.

Herbertsmithite is associated with copper mineralization in syenitic porphyries and granites in Chile and in Triassic dolomite formations in Iran. It has also been reported from the Osborn District in the Big Horn Mountains of Maricopa County, Arizona and the Lavrion District Mines of Attica, Greece.

Herbertsmithite has a vitreous luster and is fairly transparent with a light-green to blue green color. Herbertsmithite has a Mohs hardness of between 3 and 3.5. The crystal's density is 3.95 g/cm.

In 2012, the pure synthetic form of herbertsmithite was discovered to be able to exhibit the properties of a quantum spin liquid, due to its Kagome lattice structure. Herbertsmithite is the first mineral known to exhibit this unique state of magnetism: it is neither a ferromagnet with mostly aligned magnetic particles, nor is it an antiferromagnet with mostly opposed adjacent magnetic particles; rather its magnetic particles have constantly fluctuating scattered orientations.

Optical conductivity observations suggest the magnetic state in herbertsmithite is a type of emergent gauge field of a gapless U(1) Dirac spin liquid. Other experiments and some calculations suggest instead that it is a Z 2 {\displaystyle \mathbb {Z} _{2}} spin liquid.

References

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