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Leisingite

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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: 
3.2 × 2 × 1.2 cm
Description

Yellow trigonal leisingite in quartz matrix with minor eurekadumpite. 

A similar specimen has been EDS confirmed. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Leisingite

Formula: 
Cu(Mg,Cu,Fe,Zn)2[TeO6]·6H2O
Strunz: 
4.FL.65
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Centennial Eureka Mine (Blue Rock), Eureka, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab Co., Utah, USA