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Juabite & Native Gold

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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: 
3.4 × 2.9 × 1.8 cm
Description

Intense bright green juabite with native gold in cavities of quartz and enargite. 

Raman confirmed specimen no pt6. 

Specimen comes with a colour printed analysis report. 

 

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

Gold

Formula: 
Au
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0