{{Infobox mineral | name = Zhanghengite | category = Native element mineral | boxwidth = | boxbgcolor = | image = Zhanghengite.jpg | imagesize = 260 | caption = The rare intermetallide zhanghengite, CuZn, discovered in meteorites, become available now from an old Vietnamese collection. The mineral has nice light-yellow gold-like color and is well visible by unequipped eye. | formula = CuZn | IMAsymbol = Zhg<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Warr|first=L.N.|date=2021|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|volume=85|issue=3|pages=291–320|doi=10.1180/mgm.2021.43|bibcode=2021MinM...85..291W|s2cid=235729616|doi-access=free}}</ref> | strunz = 1.AB.10a | molweight = | color = Golden yellow | habit = | system = Isometric | class = Hexoctahedral (m{{overline|3}}m) <br/>H-M symbol: (4/m {{overline|3}} 2/m) | symmetry = ''I''m{{overline|3}}m | unit cell = a = 2.95&nbsp;Å; Z&nbsp;=&nbsp;1 | twinning = | cleavage = None | fracture = | mohs = 3.5 | luster = Metallic | refractive = | opticalprop = | birefringence = | pleochroism = | streak = bronze | gravity = 3.92 | density = | melt = | fusibility = | diagnostic = | solubility = | diaphaneity = Opaque | fluorescence = Non-fluorescent | other = | references = <ref>http://webmineral.com/data/Zhanghengite.shtml {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170120220419/http://www.webmineral.com/data/Zhanghengite.shtml |date=2017-01-20 }} Webmineral</ref><ref name=Mindat>[http://www.mindat.org/min-4398.html Mindat.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305170652/https://www.mindat.org/min-4398.html |date=2022-03-05 }}</ref> }}

'''Zhanghengite''' is a mineral consisting of 80% copper and zinc, 10% iron, and 10% chromium and aluminium. Its color is golden yellow. It was discovered in 1986 during the analysis of the Bo Xian meteorite and is named after Zhang Heng, an ancient Chinese astronomer.

==See also==

*List of minerals named after people

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Native element minerals Category:Copper minerals Category:Zinc minerals Category:Cubic minerals Category:Minerals in space group 229 Category:Minerals described in 1986

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