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Dugganite Quetzalcoatlite & Eurekadumpite

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Dugganite Quetzalcoatlite & Eurekadumpite

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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: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.3 × 2.2 cm
Description

Very good quetzalcoatlite sprays associated with dark green Raman confirmed dugganite and greenish-blue eurekadumpite spheres on baryte-quartz matrix. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Dugganite

Formula: 
Pb3Zn3(AsO4)2(TeO6)
Strunz: 
8.DL.20
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Emerald Mine, Silver Plume Mine (Emerald & Silver Plume Mine group), Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA

Quetzalcoatlite

Formula: 
Zn6Cu3(TeO6)2(OH)6·AgxPbyClx+2y
Strunz: 
4.FE.45
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 0.0
Colour: 
Blue
Type Locality: 
Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico

Eurekadumpite

Formula: 
(Cu,Zn)16(TeO3)2(AsO4)3Cl(OH)18 ·7H2O
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Centennial Eureka Mine (Blue Rock), Eureka, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA