Major zinc-containing minerals include sphalerite, hemimorphite, smithsonite, hydrozincite, zinc-containing baileychlore, and zinc-containing dolomite and calcite.
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Hydrated sulfates (gypsum, epsomite, jarosite and glaucocerinite), silicates (hemimorphite) and carbonates(hydrozincite and hydromagnesite) were characterized.
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