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Juabite

EDS conf. specimen no 20-03-13-pt1

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Description
Locality: 
Pittsburg-Liberty Mine, New York Hill, Masonic District, Mono County, California, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 3 × 1.7 cm
Description

EDS conf. specimen no 20-03-13-pt1 hosting intense green juabite in quartz cavities. The formation of juabite is caused by dissolution of enargite by Te rich fluids. 

Analysis attached.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Juabite

Formula: 
CaCu10(TeO3)4(AsO4)4(OH)2·4H2O
Strunz: 
4.JN.30
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Centennial Eureka Mine (Blue Rock), Eureka, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA