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Xocomecatlite & Utahite

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Xocomecatlite & 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: 
1.4 × 1.3 × 1.2 cm
Description

Raman & EDS confirmed bluish-green xocomecatlite from the North star mine dump. This is the second confirmed find from this locality. Other minerals associated are blue utahite, yellow-red xocolatlite spheres and EDS & XRD confirmed yellow dagenaisite on zemannite. 

Analysis attached. This is the second locality of dagenaisite, now confirmed by powder diffraction. 

Very rare!

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Xocomecatlite

Formula: 
Cu3(TeO4)(OH)4
Strunz: 
7.BB.50
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

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
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Xocomecatlite & Utahite
Analysis Report - only: Xocomecatlite & Utahite
Analysis Report - only: Xocomecatlite & Utahite