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Zincospiroffite & Dagenaisite

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Zincospiroffite & Dagenaisite

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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: 
1.8 × 1.2 × 0.8 cm
Description

Pink Mn bearing zincospiroffite with greenish dagenaisite and minor gold on baryte from the North Star mine, Utah, USA. 

Other minerals associated are xocolatlite in brown-red spheres and quartz.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zincospiroffite

Formula: 
Zn2Te4+3O8
Strunz: 
4.JK.10
Hardness: 
2.5 - 0.0
Colour: 
Grey
Type Locality: 
Zhongshangou Mine, Dongping Au-Te ore field, Chongli Co., Zhangjiakou Prefecture, Hebei Province, China

Dagenaisite

Formula: 
Zn3Te6+O6
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Colour: 
green, light greenish grey
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Gold Chain Mine, Tintic Mining District, Juab Co., Utah, USA