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Formula: Zn(C2H3O3)2.2H2O
Valence: Zn2+(C2H3O3)1-2.2H2O
Organic compound, zinc-bearing mineral
Crystal system: Monoclinic
Specific gravity: 1.82 measured, 1.87 calculated
Hardness: 1½
Streak: White
Colour: Colourless
Luminescence:
Solubility: At room temperature, insoluble in water, but slowly dissolves in hydrochloric acid
Environments
Domitrovicite is a new mineral, approved in 2023 and to date (June 2026) reported only from the type locality.
Since the discovery of the first glycolate mineral, lazaraskeite, from
the western end of Pusch Ridge in the Santa Catalina Mountains, Tucson, Arizona, USA, at least eight other glycolate
minerals have been identified from the same locality, namely
domitrovicite, fuchunite,
glecklerite, jimkrieghite,
lianbinite, puschridgeite,
rasmussenite and
stanevansite.
Localities
At the type locality, Western end, Pusch Ridge, Pima County, Arizona, USA, both domitrovicite and
puschridgeite were discovered in cracks or fractures in a heavily
fractured leucogranite, one to two metres below the rock
surface. Minerals associated with domitrovicite include
stanevansite, chrysocolla,
rasmussenite and quartz.
Domitrovicite occurs as bladed or prismatic crystals up to 0.40 3 0.05 3 0.02 mm
(CJMP 64.275-294).
Domitrovicite has been found with
rasmussenite,
lazaraskeite and muscovite
(Mindat photo).
Domitrovicite from Pusch Ridge - Image
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