Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.
Fraipontite is a zinc aluminium silicate mineral with a formula of (ZnAl)3(SiAl)2O5(OH)4.It is a member of the kaolinite-serpentine mineral group and occurs as an oxidation product of zinc deposits. It occurs with smithsonite gebhardite willemite cerussite and sauconite.It was first described in 1927 for an occurrence in Vieille Montagne Verviers Liège Province Belgium. It was named for Julien Jean Joseph de Fraipont (1857–1910) and Charles de Fraipont geologists of Liege Belgium.
