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Utahite

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Description
Locality: 
North Star Mine, Mammoth, Tintic District, Juab County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.7 × 1.4 cm
Description

Very good intense blue utahite associated with native gold and blue quetzalcoatlite. 

Other minerals associated, but not photographed are goldfieldite, eurekadumpite.  

Rare mineral!

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Utahite

Formula: 
Cu5Zn3(TeO4)4(OH)8·7H2O
Strunz: 
7.DE.25
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Centennial Eureka Mine (Blue Rock), Eureka, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA