The new mineral khurayyimite Ca₇Zn₄(Si₂O₇)₂(OH)₁₀·4H₂O occurs in colorless spherulitic aggregates in small cavities of altered spurrite marbles located in the northern part of the Siwaqa pyrometamorphic rock area, Central Jordan. It is a low-temperature, hydrothermal mineral and is formed at a temperature lower than 100 °C. Synchrotron single-crystal X-ray diffraction experiments have revealed that khurayyimite crystallizes in space group P2₁/c, with unit cell parameters a = 11.2171(8), b = 9.0897(5), c = 14.0451(10) Å, β = 113.297(8)º, V = 1315.28(17) ų and Z = 2. The crystal structure of khurayyimite exhibits tetrahedral chains of periodicity 6. The sequence of SiO₄ and ZnO₂(OH)₂-tetrahedra along the chain is Si–Si-Zn. The neighboring SiO₄-tetrahedra of the corrugated chains are bridged by additional ZnO₂(OH)₂-tetrahedra to form 3-connected dreier rings. The chains can be addressed as loop-branched sechser single chains {lB, 1¹_∞}[⁶Zn₄Si₄O₂₁]. The chains are linked by clusters of five CaO₆ and two CaO₇ polyhedra with additional OH groups and H₂O molecules in the coordination environment. Based on the connectedness and one-dimensional polymerisations of tetrahedra (TO₄)ⁿ⁻, chains of khurayyimite belong to the same group as vlasovite Na₂ZrSi₄O₁₁, since they can be described with geometrical repeat unit ^cT_r = ²T₄ ³T₄ and topological repeat unit ^cV_r = ²V₂ ³V₂.

新矿物khurayyimite Ca ₇ Zn ₄ (Si ₂ O ₇ ) ₂ (OH) ₁₀ ·4H ₂ O 赋存于约旦中部Siwaqa 火变质岩区北部蚀变菱铁矿大理岩小孔穴中的无色球粒集合体中。它是一种低温热液矿物，形成温度低于 100 °C。同步加速器单晶X射线衍射实验表明，khurayyimite的结晶空间群为P 2 ₁ / c，晶胞参数a  = 11.2171(8), b  = 9.0897(5), c = 14.0451(10) Å, β = 113.297(8)º, V = 1315.28(17) Å ³和 Z = 2。khurayyimite 的晶体结构呈现周期性为 6 的四面体链。SiO ₄和 ZnO ₂ (OH )沿链的_{2-四面体是 Si-Si-Zn。}波纹链的相邻SiO _{4四面体被额外的ZnO 2} (OH) ₂四面体桥接以形成3-连接的德雷尔环。这些链可以表示为环支链sechser单链 { lB , 1 ¹ _∞ }[ ⁶ Zn ₄ Si ₄ O ₂₁]. 这些链由五个 CaO ₆和两个 CaO ₇多面体的簇连接，在配位环境中具有额外的 OH 基团和 H ₂ O 分子。基于四面体 (TO ₄ ) ^{n−的连通性和一维聚合，} _{khurayyimite的链与弗拉索夫岩 Na 2} ZrSi ₄ O ₁₁属于同一组，因为它们可以用几何重复单元^c Tr  =  ² T来描述₄ ³ T ₄和拓扑重复单元^c V _r  =  ² V ₂ ³伏₂。