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Carlfriesite & Svanbergite

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Carlfriesite & Svanbergite

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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 × 1.2 × 0.8 cm
Description

Extremely rare beige EDS & Raman confirmed carlfriesite associated with blue utahite from the North Star mine, Utah, USA. 

Other minerals associated on this specimen are svanbergitecubes with pale green dagenaisite coating and zemannite with yellow dagenaisite crystals. 

Analysis attached. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Carlfriesite

Formula: 
CaTe4+2Te6+O8
Strunz: 
4.JK.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Colour: 
Yellow
Type Locality: 
Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

Svanbergite

Formula: 
SrAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6
Strunz: 
8.BL.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Hålsjöberg (Horrsjöberg), Torsby, Värmland, Sweden
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Carlfriesite & Svanbergite
Analysis Report - only: Carlfriesite & Svanbergite